… intestinal motility, its regulation and disturbances of motility that … diagnostic methods to
assess intestinal motility. We will place … to assess small bowel dysmotility in clinical practice. …

… ; its effect on small-bowel motility in humans was addressed in a study in humans, using
the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor N G -monomethyl-l-arginine [51••] ; small-intestinal motility is …

… Abstract Background-Few data are available on adaptive changes of human small bowel
motility after intestinal resection. Aim-To characterise jejunal motility after extensive and limited …

… of the physiology of the small bowel and colon (digestion and … Transit through the small
intestine is rapid, typically being 2–… and measurement of small bowel and colonic motility, before …

… For many years the large balloon has had an honoured place in the study of intestinal
motility and much of the information we now have has been obtained bythis method. Balloon-…

… –36 during the last two decades have defined the main features of small bowel motility, and
… motility patterns of the small bowel. THE `ARCHITECTURE' OF SMALL BOWEL MOTILITY …

… ing of motility disorders of the small intestine and improved patient management. … of
intestinal motor function in vivo. Among these are radiographic techniques for estimating intestinal …

… and emerging methods to evaluate small bowel and colonic motility in clinical settings and in
… This is because our knowledge of motility in less accessible regions of the small bowel and …

… Kellow JE, Phillips SF: Altered small bowel motility in irritable bowel syndrome is correlated
with symptoms. Gastroenterology 92:1885-1893,1987 8. Kellow JE, Brody TJ, Phillips SF, et …

… and an intraluminal balloon, studies of short segments of the gut are often far less representative
than those on long segments in generalizing to the whole small bowel. Inflation of the …