Effects of pelvic floor muscle contraction on anal canal pressure

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Padda, Bikram S ^a   Jung, Sung Ae ^b   Pretorius, Dolores ^c   Nager, Charles W ^a   Den Boer, Debbie ^a   Mittal, Ravinder K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal manometry; Atropine; Vaginal manometry

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MANOMETRY; MECHANICAL PROBE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NULLIPARA; PELVIS FLOOR; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ATROPINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PELVIC FLOOR; PRESSURE; VAGINA;

EID: 33847072012     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00250.2006     Document Type: Article

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