Journal of digestive diseases
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Treatment of refractory irritable bowel syndrome with visceral osteopathy: short-term and long-term results of a randomized trial.
In light of the low efficiency of available drugs in treating irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), there has been a growing interest in its alternative therapies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of visceral osteopathy for IBS. ⋯ This study suggests that visceral osteopathy improves short-term and long-term abdominal distension and pain, and also decreases rectal sensitivity in IBS patients.
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Meta Analysis
Autonomic functioning in irritable bowel syndrome measured by heart rate variability: a meta-analysis.
To analyze autonomic functioning which presented as the high frequency (HF) component of heart rate variability, a measurement of vagal tone, and the ratio of low frequency (LF) to HF (LF : HF), an indicator of sympathovagal balance in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients. ⋯ Impaired parasympathetic functioning and abnormal sympathovagal balance may be involved in the pathogenesis of IBS. Vagal dysfunction is more obvious in the IBS-C subgroup.