Bowel biofeedback treatment in patients with multiple sclerosis and bowel symptoms

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1114-1121

  Preziosi, Giuseppe ^a,b,c   Raptis, Dimitri A ^b   Storrie, Julie ^a   Raeburn, Amanda ^a   Fowler, Clare J ^c   Emmanuel, Anton ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anorectal physiology; Biofeedback; Constipation; Fecal incontinence; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIOFEEDBACK THERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT EXAMINATION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; WEXNER CONSTIPATION SCORE; WEXNER INCONTINENCE SCORE;

ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; CONSTIPATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052703080     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e318223fd7b     Document Type: Article

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