The external anal sphincter operates at short sarcomere length in humans

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Mittal, R K ^a   Sheean, G ^a   Padda, B S ^a   Lieber, R ^a,b   Raj Rajasekaran, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal continence; Anal sphincter; External anal sphincter function; Length tension characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR PROBE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRESS; MUSCLE TONE; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE LENGTH; THICKNESS;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; SARCOMERES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79959316876     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2011.01700.x     Document Type: Article

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