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Lead
The Cleveland Clinic
The goal of this pilot study is to evaluate the usefulness of FMS as a noninvasive method to stimulate the GI motility in individuals with non-neurological constipation by adopting a 5-week conditioning protocol performed in a hospital outpatient setting. FMS has demonstrated the ability to generate significant rectal pressure and enhance GI transit in normal and spinal cord injury subjects. With proper abdominal muscle conditioning, FMS may improve colonic motility partly due to improved abdominal muscle tone.
Age
18–80
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Age 18-80
constipation defined by the Rome II criteria
You may not be if
Past history of abdominal surgery
past history of diabetes mellitus
past history of hypothyroidism
past history of inflammatory bowel disease
past history of significant psychiatric disturbances
