FIGURE 2.

Representative examples of pre‐ and post meal high resolution colonic manometry data in 10‐min epochs. (A) Significant increase in postprandial propagating contraction frequencies in healthy controls. (B) Decreased magnitude of colonic activity meal‐response with shorter distance of propagation and decreased activity in faecal incontinence patients compared to controls. (C) Increase in propagating contractions at baseline and postprandially with SNM in patients with faecal incontinence. SNM appears to increase frequency of propagating events but not to the level seen in the healthy control meal response. Despite variation in catheter used, only data distal to the splenic flexure were analysed in all cohorts.