| | The Role of Home Trainers in Kegel's Exercise Program |
 | | In the past decade, many studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of biofeedback-assisted Kegel exercises in the treatment or even cure of fecal incontinence.[1, 2, 3] The earliest of these studies were based on the use of anorectal manometry, a mechanical pressure transducer system, to treat fecal incontinence. |
 | | Kegel's patients practiced between 90 and 360 sessions with the biofeedback device (for one to four months participation, respectively), whereas the NIA patients had only 1 to 5 biofeedback sessions all together. |
 | | All of Kegel's subjects were patients who were paying for their therapy (through insurance or otherwise), whereas all of the NIA subjects were receiving "free experimental" therapy in a government-sponsored research program. |
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