Background & Aims: Diverging results exist regarding the connection between altered
visceral perception and gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, as well as the effects of …

Background & Aims: Lowered visceral perception thresholds have been suggested as a
biological marker of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The current study sought to determine …

Background & Aims: Visceral hypersensitivity is a hallmark of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS),
but the relationship with clinical symptoms and psychological factors has not been fully …

Background and aims—Visceral hyperalgesia has been implicated as a factor contributing
to symptom generation in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). However, previous studies using …

Background—Patients who complain of constipation can be divided into those who have lost
the natural call to stool, but develop abdominal discomfort after several days without a bowel …

OBJECTIVE: Due to a lack of reliable biological markers, the diagnosis of irritable bowel
syndrome (IBS) is based on symptom criteria. The possible physiological correlates of these …

Objective: Abdominal pain is thought to be a hallmark of the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS),
although currently used symptom criteria do not differentiate between abdominal pain and …

Background & Aims: Symptom-related fears and associated hypervigilance toward visceral
stimuli may play a role in central pain amplification and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) …

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Enhanced visceral sensitivity following a transient inflammatory
process in the gut has been postulated as an aetiological mechanism of irritable bowel …

Objective: The aim was to determine whether lower visceral pain thresholds in irritable
bowel syndrome (IBS) primarily reflect physiological or psychological factors. Methods …