Effect of Physical Activity on Bowel Sounds as an Indicator of Gut Motility (IMAGE)
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The upper panel illustrates reduced gut motility in patients with constipation and its improvement following physical activity through an unknown mechanism. The middle panel depicts the experimental protocol, with bowel sound assessments performed at rest and after physical activity as an indirect measure of gut motility. The lower panel shows representative bowel sound waveforms at rest and 1–2 minutes after physical activity, along with quantitative analysis demonstrating an immediate increase in the gut motility index following exercise, which may contribute to constipation relief.
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Professor Yohei Otaka and Professor Shigeo Tanabe from Fujita Health University
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