Kellow John E
Departments of Gastroenterology and Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, University of Sydney, St. Leonards NSW 2065, Australia.
Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2003 Jun;32(2):733-50, ix. doi: 10.1016/s0889-8553(03)00020-7.
Motility of the gastrointestinal tract includes the phenomena of contractile activity, tone, compliance, flow, and transit. Sensitivity of the gastrointestinal tract is intimately related to motility. A range of techniques, both invasive and noninvasive, can be applied to evaluate enteric sensorimotor function in health and disease. This article reviews the physiologic principles underpinning these techniques. Altertions in both sensitivity and motility are believed to be important in the origin of symptoms in the functional gastrointestinal disorders. The evolution of studies investigating motility and sensitivity in these disorders, using the previously mentioned techniques, is also considered.
胃肠道的运动包括收缩活动、张力、顺应性、流动和转运等现象。胃肠道的敏感性与运动密切相关。一系列侵入性和非侵入性技术可用于评估健康和疾病状态下的肠道感觉运动功能。本文回顾了这些技术所依据的生理原理。人们认为，敏感性和运动的改变在功能性胃肠疾病症状的产生中起重要作用。本文还探讨了使用上述技术对这些疾病的运动和敏感性进行研究的发展历程。
