'Objective' assessment of rectal sensation: A novel approach

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 9, Issue , 2004, Pages 159-163

  Shafik, Ahmed ^a,c   El Sibai, Olfat ^b   Shafik, Ali A ^a   Ahmed, Ismail ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Palm; Pelvic floor; Rectum; Reflex; Subjective perception; Sympathetic skin; Urge sensations

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS FLOOR; PERCEPTION; PERINEUM; RECTUM; REGISTER; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME; VOLUNTEER; ANAL CANAL; DEFECATION; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; SENSATION;

ANAL CANAL; DEFECATION; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIC FLOOR; PERCEPTION; RECTUM; REFLEX; SENSATION; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 2542431190     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/1153     Document Type: Article

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