Current tests of gastric and small intestinal motor function provide relevant physiological
information, but their clinical utility is controversial. This article reviews the current …

Despite much progress in regulations to improve paediatric drug development, there
remains a significant need to develop better medications for children. For the design of oral …

The Rome II pediatric criteria for functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) were defined
in 1999 to be used as diagnostic tools and to advance empirical research. In this document …

Gastric myoelectrical activity modulates gastric motor activity. Abnormalities in gastric
myoelectrical activity may be associated with gastric motility disorders. The aim of this study …

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common and troublesome disorder in children with an
increasing prevalence noted during the past two decades. It has a significant effect on the …

Chronic abdominal pain is one of the most common clinical syndromes encountered in day
to day clinical paediatric practice. Although common, its definition is confusing, predisposing …

This review summarises recent work on somatisation in childhood. Minor physiological
dysfunction may play a part in a number of cases and associated psychiatric disorders are …

Cutaneous electrogastrography (EGG) is a non‐invasive technique to record gastric
myoelectrical activity from the abdominal surface. Although the recent rapid increase in the …

There is an array of tests available to measure gastric motility. Some tests measure end
points, such as gastric emptying, that result from several different functions, whereas other …

OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to investigate gastric myoelectrical activity and
gastric emptying (GE) and their relationship in patients with functional dyspepsia …