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Randomized, Controlled Trial Shows Biofeedback to be Superior to Alternative Treatments for Patients with Pelvic Floor Dyssynergia-Type Constipation

Diseases of the Colon & Rectum · 2007 · Vol. 50(4) · pp. 428–441

Steve Heymen✉(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)Yolanda V. Scarlett(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)Kenneth R. JonesYehuda Ringel(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)Douglas A. Drossman(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)William E. Whitehead(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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Abstract

This investigation provides definitive support for the efficacy of biofeedback for pelvic floor dyssynergia and shows that instrumented biofeedback is essential to successful treatment.

Gastrointestinal motility and disorders Pelvic floor disorders treatments Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomaliesDyssynergiaMedicinePelvic floorRandomized controlled trialBiofeedbackConstipationPhysical therapyPhysical medicine and rehabilitationSurgerySphincter

MeSH terms

AtaxiaBiofeedback, PsychologyConstipationDiazepamElectromyographyFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedMuscle Relaxants, CentralQuality of LifeTreatment OutcomePelvic Floor

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317

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American College of Gastroenterology Monograph on the Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Chronic Idiopathic Constipation