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Clinical Research: Constipation Sections
Author Biography
Introduction
What is constipation?
Understanding the problem
Objective Measurement
Subjective Measurement
Currently Selected Section: Measuring Components
Precipitating Factors
Therapeutic Comparisons
Research Questions
Conclusion




Chapter 3: Methods for Clinical Research in Constipation: Measuring Components - Slow Transit vs. Evacuation Delay
         

Although the more distant causes of constipation are many, the condition results most immediately from either slowed transit or impaired evacuation. In gastroenterology much attention has been paid to determining the relative contribution of these two mechanisms to the symptom in different individuals.

Evacuation delay can be quantified and elucidated by:

 

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