TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL STIMULATION TO TREAT CONSTIPATION DUE TO ANORECTAL RETENTION IN CHILDREN [ 2012 - 2015 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: A/Pr Bridget Southwell (Principal investigator) ,  Prof Anthony Catto-Smith ,  Prof John Hutson

Brief description If you don't poop, you die! Over 20% of older people have constipation. It starts in childhood in 1/100 people and lasts through life. At the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, we have been developing a physiotherapy method using electrical stimulation across the skin to treat long-term constipation. In this study we are comparing this treatment to current treatment in the most common type of chronic constipation in children.

Funding Amount $AUD 635,320.34

Funding Scheme Project Grants

Notes Standard Project Grant