The efficacy of biofeedback therapy in patients with slow-transit constipation (STC) without pelvic-floor dyssynergia (PFD) is not clear. This single center, prospective study screened patients with ...

SAN ANTONIO -- Biofeedback training resulted in significant improvement in dyssynergic defecation associated with constipation in older patients, a small retrospective analysis showed. The mean score ...

Chronic constipation affects 15 to 20 percent of the US population. Nearly one-third of affected people have dyssynergic defecation, in which muscles used for bowel movements do not work well, but ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Biofeedback training can have long-lasting benefits in people who suffer from chronic constipation due to a condition called "dyssynergic defecation," new research ...

Biofeedback therapy used at home is about 70 percent effective at helping patients learn how to coordinate and relax bowel muscles and relieve one of the most difficult-to-treat types of constipation, ...

Previous studies have suggested that using biofeedback to train pelvic floor muscle relaxation is effective in the treatment of slow-transit constipation and PELVIC FLOOR DYSSYNERGIA. Chiarioni and ...

Burch J (2010) Using biofeedback to treat constipation, faecal incontinence and other bowel disorders Nursing Times; 106: early online publication. Biofeedback is a behavioural therapy used to treat ...