Clinical and instrumental parameters in patients with constipation and incontinence: Their potential implications in the functional aspects of these disorders

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 961-967

  Brusciano, Luigi ^a,b   Limongelli, P ^a   Genio, G ^a   Rossetti, G ^a   Sansone, S ^a   Healey, A ^a   Maffettone, V ^a   Napolitano, V ^a   Pizza, F ^a   Tolone, S ^a   Genio, A ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Constipation; Fecal incontinence; Pelvic floor dyssynergia; Pelvic floor rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PELVIS FLOOR; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTOLOGY; PUBOCOCCYGEAL MUSCLE; PUBORECTAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIC FLOOR; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649535618     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-009-0678-2     Document Type: Article

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