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Length Tension Function of Puborectalis Muscle: Implications for the Treatment of Fecal Incontinence and Pelvic Floor Disorders

BACKGROUND/AIMS: External anal sphincter (EAS) and puborectalis muscle (PRM) play important role in anal continence function. Based on length-tension measurement, we recently reported that the human EAS muscle operates at short sarcomere length under physiological conditions. Goal of our study was t...

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Autores principales: Mittal, Ravinder K, Sheean, Geoff, Padda, Bikram S, Rajasekaran, Mahadevan R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4204420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25273124
http://dx.doi.org/10.5056/jnm14033