Psycho-echo-biofeedback: a novel treatment for anismus—results of a prospective controlled study

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 895-900

  Del Popolo, F ^a   Cioli, V M ^a   Plevi, T ^a   Pescatori, M ^a  

^a Parioli Clinic   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anal vaginal US; Anismus; Constipation; Guided imagery; Obstructed defecation; Psychological disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANISMUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOPROCTOLOGIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION DISORDER; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GUIDED IMAGERY; HUMAN; INTESTINE SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCLE DISEASE; NON RELAXING PUBORECTALIS MUSCLE; OBSTRUCTED DEFECATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHO ECHO BIOFEEDBACK; PSYCHOLOGIST; RELAXATION TRAINING; ANAL CANAL; ANUS DISEASES; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFECATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC FLOOR DISORDERS; PELVIS FLOOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; ANUS DISEASES; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PELVIC FLOOR; PELVIC FLOOR DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84919442313     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: 1128045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-014-1154-8     Document Type: Article

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