Open AccessGastroparesis Symptoms Associated with Intestinal Hypomotility: An Explorative Study Using Wireless Motility Capsule
Author(s) -
Mattis Bekkelund,
Dag André Sangnes,
Eirik Søfteland,
Lars Aabakken,
Martin Biermann,
Elisabeth Kjelsvik Steinsvik,
Trygve Hausken,
Georg Dimcevski,
Jan Gunnar Hatlebakk
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical and experimental gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1178-7023
DOI - 10.2147/ceg.s304854
Subject(s) - gastroparesis , medicine , gastric emptying , gastroenterology , nausea , motility , etiology , stomach , biology , genetics
Gastric emptying measurements are mandatory in gastroparesis diagnostics, but the association between delayed emptying and symptoms is questionable. It is imperative to find biomarkers better correlated to symptom generation. Hence, we examined the association between symptom severity and gastrointestinal motility measured by wireless motility capsule.