Can the outcome of pelvic-floor rehabilitation in patients with fecal incontinence be predicted?

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 503-511

  Terra, M P ^a   Deutekom, M ^a   Dobben, A C ^a   Baeten, C G M I ^b   Janssen, L W M ^c   Boeckxstaens, G E E ^a   Engel, A F ^d   Felt Bersma, R J F ^e   Slors, J F W ^a   Gerhards, M F ^f   Bijnen, A B ^g   Everhardt, E ^h   Schouten, W R ⁱ   Berghmans, B ^b   Bossuyt, P M M ^a   Stoker, J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d ZAANS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^g Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^h MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

ⁱ ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Diagnostic tests; Electrical stimulation therapy; Fecal incontinence; Outcome prediction; Pelvic floor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFECOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUDENDAL NERVE; SCORING SYSTEM; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VAIZEY INCONTINENCE SCORE;

AGED; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PELVIC FLOOR; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41149150154     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-008-0438-8     Document Type: Article

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