Effect of straining on diaphragmatic crura with identification of the straining-crural reflex. The "reflex theory" in gastroesophageal competence

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Shafik, Ahmed ^a,d   Shafik, Ali A ^a   El Sibai, Olfat ^b   Mostafa, Randa M ^c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HERNIOPLASTY; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE REFLEX; OVEREXERTION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESSURE; REACTION TIME; REFLEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; COUGH; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PRESSURE; REACTION TIME; REFLEX;

EID: 10444250151     PISSN: 1471230X     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-4-24     Document Type: Article

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