Comparing the efficacy of biofeedback and balloon-assisted training in the treatment of dyssynergic defecation

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-92

  Pourmomeny, Abbs Ali ^a   Emami, Mohammad Hassan ^a   Amooshahi, Mahboobeh ^a   Adibi, Peyman ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anorectal dyssynergia; Balloon; Biofeedback; Constipation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON ASSISTED TRAINING; BLADDER AND BOWEL MANAGEMENT; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DEFECATION DISORDER; DYSSNERGIC DEFECATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; THERAPY EFFECT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 79956206525     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/268062     Document Type: Article

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