Colorectal responses to distension and feeding in patients with spinal cord injury

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 296, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Suttor, V P ^a,b   Ng, C ^a,b   Rutkowski, S ^a   Hansen, R D ^a,b   Kellow, J E ^a,b   Malcolm, A ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colon; Gastrocolonic; Gastrorectal; Rectocolic; Spinal injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON DILATATION; COLON MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; COLON; EATING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PRESSURE; RECTUM; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 67049095866     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.90408.2008     Document Type: Article

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