ReviewNature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology2018
Clinical measurement of gastrointestinal motility and function: who, when and which test?
Review in Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 71 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Focused analysis of the surgical management for recurrence of internal rectal prolapse and obstructed defecation syndrome after stapled rectal resection procedures: a long-term single-center experience.International journal of colorectal disease · 2026Article
- Impact of Fermented Dairy on Gastrointestinal Health and Associated Biomarkers.Nutrition reviews · 2026Review
- Gastrointestinal involvement in systemic sclerosis: A spotlight on small bowel involvement, complications and management.Best practice & research. Clinical rheumatology · 2026Review
- Volatile organic compounds in exhaled breath as non-invasive biomarkers for Gastrointestinal motility disorders: an exploratory study.BMC gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Electroacupuncture alleviates symptoms and identifies a potential microbial biomarker in patients with constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome.World journal of gastrointestinal pharmacology and therapeutics · 2025Article
- A Novel You Only Listen Once (YOLO) Deep Learning Model for Automatic Prominent Bowel Sounds Detection: Feasibility Study in Healthy Subjects.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Feature tracking-based motility analysis of excised intestinal tissue using video recordings.Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference · 2025Article
- Association of Genetically Predicted Obesity and Stool Frequency: Evidence From an Observational and Mendelian Randomization Study.Journal of neurogastroenterology and motility · 2025Article
- Insight of Intestinal Fatty Acid Binding Protein as a Potential Biomarker in the Biology of Epithelial Damage of Gastrointestinal Membrane.Current protein & peptide science · 2025Review
- The reliability and quality of short videos as health information of guidance for bowel sounds: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Enhancing bowel sound recognition with self-attention and self-supervised pre-training.PloS one · 2024Article
- The Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Is Associated with Systemic Neurodegeneration in Long-Term Type 1 Diabetes.Translational vision science & technology · 2023Article
- A model for gastrointestinal tract motility in a 4D imaging phantom of human anatomy.Medical physics · 2023Article
- First Clinical Nutrition Outpatient Consultation: A Review of Basic Principles in Nutritional Care of Adults with Hematologic Disease.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2023Review
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- Feasibility and basic acoustic characteristics of intelligent long-term bowel sound analysis in term neonates.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- GWAS of stool frequency provides insights into gastrointestinal motility and irritable bowel syndrome.Cell genomics · 2021Article
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9 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
Symptoms related to abnormal gastrointestinal motility and function are common. Oropharyngeal and oesophageal dysphagia, heartburn, bloating, abdominal pain and alterations in bowel habits are among the most frequent reasons for seeking medical attention from internists or general practitioners and are also common reasons for referral to gastroenterologists and colorectal surgeons. However, the nonspecific nature of gastrointestinal symptoms, the absence of a definitive diagnosis on routine investigations (such as endoscopy, radiology or blood tests) and the lack of specific treatments make disease management challenging. Advances in technology have driven progress in the understanding of many of these conditions. This Review serves as an introduction to a series of Consensus Statements on the clinical measurements of gastrointestinal motility, function and sensitivity. A structured, evidence-based approach to the initial assessment and empirical treatment of patients presenting with gastrointestinal symptoms is discussed, followed by an outline of the contribution of modern physiological measurement on the management of patients in whom the cause of symptoms has not been identified with other tests. Discussions include the indications for and utility of high-resolution manometry, ambulatory pH-impedance monitoring, gastric emptying studies, breath tests and investigations of anorectal structure and function in day-to-day practice and clinical management.
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