Useful parameters helping proctologists to identify patients with defaecatory disorders that may be treated with pelvic floor rehabilitation

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-50

  Brusciano, L ^a   Limongelli, P ^a   Del Genio, G ^a   Sansone, S ^a   Rossetti, G ^a   Maffettone, V ^a   Napoletano, V ^a   Sagnelli, C ^a   Amoroso, A ^a   Russo, G ^a   Pizza, F ^a   Del Genio, A ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Defaecatory disorders; Electrical stimulation; Muscles coordination training; Pelvic floor rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVALUATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS FLOOR; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PROCTOLOGY; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); CHILD; CONSTIPATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIC FLOOR; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947276164     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-007-0324-3     Document Type: Article

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