Efficacy of biofeedback plus transanal stimulation in the management of pelvic floor dyssynergia: a randomized trial

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 333-338

  Cadeddu, F ^a   Salis, F ^a   De Luca, E ^b   Ciangola, I ^b   Milito, G ^b  

^a SAN FRANCESCO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Dyssynergic defecation; Electrostimulation; Pelvic floor

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC CONSTIPATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE ASSESSMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXERCISE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; OBSTRUCTED DEFECATION SCORE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT OF CONSTIPATION QUALITY OF LIFE; PELVIC FLOOR DISORDER; PELVIC FLOOR DYSSYNERGIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEXNER SCORE; ANAL CANAL; ATAXIA; DEFECATION; ELECTROTHERAPY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC FLOOR DISORDERS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ATAXIA; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; PELVIC FLOOR DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84929841176     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: 1128045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-015-1292-7     Document Type: Article

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