Use of a device that applies external kneading-like force on the abdomen for treatment of constipation

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1971-1975

  Mimidis, Konstantinos ^a,f   Galinsky, David ^b   Rimon, Efraim ^c   Papadopoulos, Vassilios ^a   Zicherman, Yehuda ^d   Oreopoulos, Dimitrios ^e  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d ADM Ltd   (Israel)

^e TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Colon transit time; Constipation; Laxatives

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; SITZMARK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMEN; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FORCE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MOTION; NURSING HOME; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATION; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 17144376089     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i13.1971     Document Type: Article

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