Response of the electrical activity in the normal human stomach to liquid and solid meals

Jiande Chen, Richard McCallum

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Abstract

The response of the gastric electric activity to liquid and solid meals is investigated. It is shown that the frequency of the slow wave increases significantly after eating. It may result in faster contractions of the stomach. It is argued that the amplitude increase in the postprandial electrogastrogram (EGG) is due to both gastric contractions and gastric distention bringing the stomach closer to the cutaneous electrodes located on the abdomen. The different durations of increased power of the slow wave in the post-water EGG and in the postprandial EGG suggest that the evolution of the postprandial slow wave correlates with the different gastric emptying characteristics for water and a solid meal, respectively.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationBiomedical Engineering Perspectives
Subtitle of host publicationHealth Care Technologies for the 1990's and Beyond
PublisherPubl by IEEE
Pages1500-1501
Number of pages2
Editionpt 4
ISBN (Print)0879425598
StatePublished - 1990
Externally publishedYes
EventProceedings of the 12th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society - Philadelphia, PA, USA
Duration: Nov 1 1990Nov 4 1990

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Annual Conference on Engineering in Medicine and Biology
Numberpt 4
ISSN (Print)0589-1019

Other

OtherProceedings of the 12th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
CityPhiladelphia, PA, USA
Period11/1/9011/4/90

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Signal Processing
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Health Informatics

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