TY - JFULL AU - Dae Gon Woo and Han Sung Kim and Dohyung Lim and Dong Jin Seo and In Deok Kong and Chang Yong Ko PY - 2007/3/ TI - Relationship between Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders and Risk Factors: A Biomechanical Analysis T2 - International Journal of Biomedical and Biological Engineering SP - 51 EP - 54 VL - 1 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/1775 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 2, 2007 N2 - Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) affect millions of people spread all age regardless of race and sex. Emotional stress and obesity have been associated with increased reporting of gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, but the relationship between FGID and risk factors (emotional stress or obesity) is unclear. Our aim was to assess the changes of the mechanical characteristics on the gastrointestinal tracts of the mentally fatigued obese and normal rat models. Finally, using the physical characteristics with micro-indentation test, we made a close investigation into the relation between FGID and risk factors quantitatively. ER -