50
Participants
Start Date
July 1, 2013
Primary Completion Date
June 30, 2017
Study Completion Date
December 29, 2017
Bowel Biofeedback
Subjects will complete 2 sessions twice a week for 6 weeks of bowel biofeedback training. Subjects will be asked to squeeze and bear down for a period of 5 seconds followed by rest for 10seconds. Following the training, each subject will complete similar training at home for 6 weeks.
Anorectal Manometry
Subjects will undergo an anorectal manometry to establish baseline pressure characteristics. If subjects qualify for biofeedback training, they will complete two additional manometries to track the changes occuring during training.
James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY, The Bronx
James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center
FED
VA Office of Research and Development
FED