Contribution of posture to anorectal manometric measurements: Are the measurements in left-lateral position physiologic?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2112-2119

  Thekkinkattil, Dinesh K ^a   Lim, Michael K ^a   Nicholls, Marcus J ^a   Sagar, Peter M ^a   Finan, Paul J ^a   Burke, Dermot A ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anorectal manometry; Erect posture; Fecal incontinence; Maximum mean resting pressure; Postural change; Resting pressure gradient; Vector volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

ADULT; AGED; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; PRESSURE; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM; REST; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 37249091259     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-007-9043-0     Document Type: Article

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