ANMS-ESNM position paper and consensus guidelines on biofeedback therapy for anorectal disorders

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 594-609

  Rao, S S C ^a   Benninga, M A ^b   Bharucha, A E ^c   Chiarioni, G ^d,e   Di Lorenzo, C ^f   Whitehead, W E ^e  

^a AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofeedback therapy; Constipation; Dyssynergic defecation; Fecal incontinence; Levator ani syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOFEEDBACK THERAPY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONSENSUS; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DEFECATION DISORDER; DYSSYNERGIC DEFECATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; LEVATOR ANI SYNDROME; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECTUM ULCER; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SIMULATION; SOLITARY RECTAL ULCER SYNDROME; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; ADULT; ANUS DISEASES; CHILD; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FECAL INCONTINENCE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; MANOMETRY; PAIN; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECTAL DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANUS DISEASES; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FECAL INCONTINENCE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; PAIN; RECTAL DISEASES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928207421     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nmo.12520     Document Type: Article

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