In this instance, the motor pattern is one of generally low-amplitude pressure waves consistent with "ineffective" peristalsis.

There is no reliable treatment for ineffective esophageal motility (IEM), a disorder caused by failed smooth-muscle contraction that is common in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease.

Doctors are not sure what causes esophageal spasms, but it is known that they are a type of motility disorder. That means there’s a problem with how the muscles in the food pipe squeeze together ...

PPI-responsive esophageal disease represents a subtype of eosinophilic esophagitis rather than GERD, according to comparative ...

Methods: Two hundred thirty-six patients (159 females, age 47 ± 14 years) with typical and atypical GERD symptom(s) for > 3 months underwent standard water perfused esophageal manometry (EM ...

Alkalosis (potassium bicarbonate products). Tablets: Esophageal compression due to enlarged left atrium. Decreased GI motility. Discontinue if GI bleed, ulceration, or other disturbances occur.