Accommodation of the abdomen to its content: Integrated abdomino-thoracic response

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Burri, E ^a,b,c   Cisternas, D ^d   Villoria, A ^a,b   Accarino, A ^a,b   Soldevilla, A ^e   Malagelada, J R ^a,b   Azpiroz, F ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abdominal accommodation; Abdominal distension; Abdominal muscles; Bloating; Diaphragm; Electromyography; Intercostal muscles; Intestinal gas; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON; DIAPHRAGM; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GAS; HUMAN; INFUSION RATE; INHALATION; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH; THORAX;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; THORAX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858165675     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2011.01846.x     Document Type: Article

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