Single-fiber electromyography correlates more closely with incontinence scores than pudendal nerve terminal motor latency

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2309-2312

  Fowler, A L ^a,b   Mills, A ^a   Durdey, P ^a   Thomas, M G ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Fecal incontinence; Latency; Neurophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PUDENDAL NERVE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; PROGNOSIS; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 30444440327     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-005-0173-y     Document Type: Article

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