Anorectal function and the effect of biofeedback therapy in ambulatory spinal cord disease patients having constipation

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1281-1288

  Yang, Dong Hoon ^a   Myung, Seung Jae ^a   Jung, Kee Wook ^a   Yoon, In Ja ^a   Seo, So Young ^a   Koh, Jung Eun ^a   Yoon, Soon Man ^a   Kim, Kyung Jo ^a   Ye, Byong Duk ^a   Byeon, Jeong Sik ^a   Jung, Hwoon Yong ^a   Yang, Suk Kyun ^a   Kim, Jin Ho ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biofeedback therapy; Constipation; Motility; Myelopathy; Radiculopathy; Spinal cord disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RECTUM; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ANAL CANAL; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PRESSURE; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77958485554     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2010.483741     Document Type: Article

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