Long-term efficacy of biofeedback therapy for dyssynergic defecation: Randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 890-896

  Rao, Satish S C ^a   Valestin, Jessica ^a   Brown, C Kice ^b   Zimmerman, Bridget ^b,c   Schulze, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION DISORDER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EXERCISE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; CONSTIPATION; DIET THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; LAXATIVES; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950521599     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2010.53     Document Type: Article

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