Assessment of the effect of increased dietary fibre intake on bowel function in patients with spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord
K J CameronD J Brown

Abstract

It is common for constipation to occur following severe spinal cord injury (SCI). Although a bowel management program including a high fibre diet is an integral part of rehabilitation, the effect of a high fibre diet on large bowel function in SCI has not been examined. The aims of this study were to assess the nutrient intake of SCI patients, to determine baseline transit time, stool weight and evacuation time and to assess the effect of addition of bran on large bowel function. Eleven subjects, aged 32 +/- 10.5 years participated in the study. The level of injury ranged from C4 to T12; only one patient had an incomplete injury. Baseline mean energy intake was 7823 +/- 1443 kJ/d, protein intake 93 +/- 21 g/d, carbohydrate intake 209 +/- 39 g/d and mean dietary fibre intake 25 +/- 8 g/d. Mean baseline stool weight was 128 +/- 55 g/d and bowel evacuation time was 13 +/- 7.4 min/d. Three subjects who consumed < 18 g dietary fibre/d had low stool weights of 60-70 g/d and two had very delayed transit times that were too slow to enable quantitation. Mean mouth to anus transit time was 51.3 +/- 31.2 h, mean colonic transit time 28.2 +/- 3.5 h, right colonic transit time 5.9 +/- 4.5 h, left colonic transit time 14.5 +/- 5.2 h and rect...Continue Reading

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