Randomized Controlled Trial of Biofeedback for Fecal Incontinence

Gastroenterology

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1320-1329

  Norton, Christine ^a,b   Chelvanayagam, Sonya ^a   Wilson Barnett, Jenifer ^b   Redfern, Sally ^b   Kamm, Michael A ^a  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAL MANOMETRY; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTINENCE SCORE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE SPECIFIC QUALITY OF LIFE; ELECTROMYELOGRAM BIOFEEDBACK DEVICE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS; SPHINCTER EXERCISE; WELLBEING;

EID: 0242490295     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gastro.2003.09.039     Document Type: Article

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