Home Biofeedback Training for Pelvic Floor Disorders: Is There Hope for Hopeless Patients?
The most common anorectal disorders are fecal incontinence, functional anorectal pain, and functional defecation disorders. They are often presented by overlapping symptoms with various degrees of severity. Therefore, a personalized approach to the patient is crucial for diagnosing and determining t...
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| description | The most common anorectal disorders are fecal incontinence, functional anorectal pain, and functional defecation disorders. They are often presented by overlapping symptoms with various degrees of severity. Therefore, a personalized approach to the patient is crucial for diagnosing and determining the prognosis of the disease. Biofeedback training is appropriate to consider when the motoric function disorder is known, the patient could learn voluntary control of response, and this could further lead to an improvement in the condition. Biofeedback is recommended for short-term and long-term treatment of constipation in adults and fecal incontinence in adults. It could also be considered for treatment of specific cases of anorectal pain. As office biofeedback is often time-consuming and comes with a substantially high cost, there is an emerging trend of home biofeedback administration. However, only a few significant studies have been published on this new approach. Although comprehensive data are needed to evaluate the proper strategy and development of various treatment protocols for different types of defecation disorders, home biofeedback therapy offers a potentially effective tool in the personalized treatment of defecation disorders. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-048f93e3938247d4bd392d77814ee47f2025-08-20T03:27:15ZengMDPI AGGastrointestinal Disorders2624-56472025-05-01723510.3390/gidisord7020035Home Biofeedback Training for Pelvic Floor Disorders: Is There Hope for Hopeless Patients?Marek Vojtko0Peter Banovcin1Martin Duricek2Jakub Hoferica3Peter Liptak4Clinic of Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology, University Hospital in Martin, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University, 03601 Martin, SlovakiaClinic of Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology, University Hospital in Martin, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University, 03601 Martin, SlovakiaClinic of Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology, University Hospital in Martin, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University, 03601 Martin, SlovakiaClinic of Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology, University Hospital in Martin, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University, 03601 Martin, SlovakiaClinic of Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology, University Hospital in Martin, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University, 03601 Martin, SlovakiaThe most common anorectal disorders are fecal incontinence, functional anorectal pain, and functional defecation disorders. They are often presented by overlapping symptoms with various degrees of severity. Therefore, a personalized approach to the patient is crucial for diagnosing and determining the prognosis of the disease. Biofeedback training is appropriate to consider when the motoric function disorder is known, the patient could learn voluntary control of response, and this could further lead to an improvement in the condition. Biofeedback is recommended for short-term and long-term treatment of constipation in adults and fecal incontinence in adults. It could also be considered for treatment of specific cases of anorectal pain. As office biofeedback is often time-consuming and comes with a substantially high cost, there is an emerging trend of home biofeedback administration. However, only a few significant studies have been published on this new approach. Although comprehensive data are needed to evaluate the proper strategy and development of various treatment protocols for different types of defecation disorders, home biofeedback therapy offers a potentially effective tool in the personalized treatment of defecation disorders.https://www.mdpi.com/2624-5647/7/2/35biofeedbacktrainingincontinenceconstipationpelvic pain |
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| title | Home Biofeedback Training for Pelvic Floor Disorders: Is There Hope for Hopeless Patients? |
| title_full | Home Biofeedback Training for Pelvic Floor Disorders: Is There Hope for Hopeless Patients? |
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| title_sort | home biofeedback training for pelvic floor disorders is there hope for hopeless patients |
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