| Theme | The Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders -- Clinical Practice Based on the Understanding of Its Basic Mechanisms | |
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| Title | Motility Disorders of the Colon and Measurement of Colonic Motility | |
| Publish Date | 2009/11 | |
| Author | Daisuke Sasaki | Psychosomatic Section, Akino Hospital |
| [ Summary ] | Methodologies and methodological problems related to colonic motility are explained. To study motilities employed in the ascending colon, the ERBI method offers rapid access to the ascending colon to insert pressure sensors. Recent basic clinical reports on colonic motilities are reviewed. Ambulatory 24-hour colonic manometry revealed new physiological and pathophysiological facts concerning colonic motility. Two new approaches, electrotachograms and electrocolonograms, measure the colonic motility employing the use of computers. The measurement of colonic motility is not useful for the accurate diagnosis of motility disorders of the colon. | |