Accuracy and Reproducibility of High-definition Anorectal Manometry and Pressure Topography Analyses in Healthy Subjects

• Published in: Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology Vol. 13; no. 6; pp. 1143 - 1150.e1
• Main Authors: Coss-Adame, Enrique, Rao, Satish S.C., Valestin, Jessica, Ali-Azamar, Amyra, Remes-Troche, Jose M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.06.2015
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anal Canal - physiology; Anorectal Disorder; Balloon Expulsion; Data Interpretation, Statistical; Female; Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Healthy Volunteers; Humans; Male; Manometry - methods; Middle Aged; Neuromuscular; Pressure; Rectal Motor Function; Reproducibility of Results; Software; Young Adult; Rectal Motor Function; Neuromuscular; CI; HDAM-3D; Anorectal Disorder; Balloon Expulsion; RAIR; high-definition anorectal manometry; rectoanal inhibitory reflex; confidence interval

High-definition anorectal manometry (HDAM-3D) provides a topographic and 3-dimensional profile of anorectal pressure. We assessed anorectal sensorimotor function and the reproducibility of measurements made with HDAM-3D in healthy adults, and the accuracy of data analysis by its software. Anal sphin...