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Biomechanics of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Abstract

As Walter Cannon published his book entitled The Mechanical Factors of Digestion almost 100 years ago (Cannon, 1911), one might expect the knowledge base about gastrointestinal mechanics to be very large today. Unfortunately, this is not the case. The development in methodology has indeed been slow and unstructured. Today, basic research in gastroenterology and consequently also the diagnostics of “mechanical” diseases suffer greatly from these limitations. Multidisciplinary efforts and use of bioengineering principles are needed to overcome the limitations and to make new progress.

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Gregersen, H. (2003). Biomechanical Methods and Analysis. In: Biomechanics of the Gastrointestinal Tract. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3742-9_4

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