Anorectal manometry study of defecation dysfunction in patients with complete spinal cord injury / 中国康复理论与实践

@#ObjectiveTo investigate changes of anorectal dysfunction in patients with complete cervical and thoracic spinal cord injury.Methods30 hospitalized cases with complete spinal cord injury and 30 healthy volunteers were performed with anorectal manometry. Changes of manometric characteristics of anorectal and sphincter function were recorded when subjects were resting and bearing down.ResultsDuring defecation, the decreased amplitude of the anal pressure, the pressure gradient between rectal and anal and the index of defecation in patients with complete spinal cord injury were lower than that of in healthy volunteers (P<0.01).Conclusions The anorectal coordination during attempting to defecate and mechanism of initiative defecation were impaired. The mechanism of the reflectivity defecation was the main approach to defecate for patients with complete cervical and thoracic spinal cord injury.

A manometric study of the ability of stool control in subjects with complete spinal cord injury / 中华物理医学与康复杂志

0.05). (2) The average squeezing anal pressure and the duration of anal squeezing decreased in the experiment group, which were significantly different from those in the control group ( P