Biofeedback Is Superior to Electrogalvanic Stimulation and Massage for Treatment of Levator Ani Syndrome

Gastroenterology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1321-1329

  Chiarioni, Giuseppe ^a,b   Nardo, Adriana ^c   Vantini, Italo ^a,b   Romito, Antonella ^b   Whitehead, William E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c Casa di Cura S Clemente   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Dyssynergic Defecation; Electrogalvanic Stimulation; Proctalgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL MASSAGE; ELECTROGALVANIC STIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; LEVATOR ANI SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PELVIS FLOOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTAL PAIN; RECTUM DISEASE; TRACTION THERAPY;

EID: 77949813573     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.12.040     Document Type: Article

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