Acute colonic ileus or Ogilvie's syndrome is an acute nonmechanical colonic obstruction with an unclear pathophysiology. This motility disorder generally occurs in elderly patients with serious ...

The colon naturally has increased motility — movement via muscle contractions — in the morning, Dr. Ekta Gupta, associate ...

In addition to IBS, the center also treats children diagnosed with a range of other motility disorders. These include achalasia, colonic dysmotility, dysphagia, fecal incontinence, severe constipation ...

Motility disorders can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract. Examples of motility disorders include achalasia, gastroparesis, intestinal pseudo-obstruction and faecal incontinence.

In a large trial for constipation predominant IBS, renzapride has demonstrated efficacy in enhancing gastric emptying, reducing small bowel transit time and increasing colonic motility.