Kate Osborne - MSc, BSc (HONS), Dip BCNH, AFMCP

/  Gut motility

Gut motility

The coordinated, wave-like muscular contractions (peristalsis) and the migrating motor complex (MMC) that move food, secretions, and waste through the gastrointestinal tract. Disorders of gut motility underlie conditions such as constipation, diarrhoea, and SIBO.