Quantifying the “Slosh Stomach”: A Novel Tool for Assessment of Exercise-Associated Gastroparesis Symptoms in Endurance Athletes

Table 1

Percentage of patients reporting severity scores for each symptom before and after treatment. Scores that indicate improvement after treatment are shown in bold font.

	None (0)		Mild (1)		Moderate (2)		Severe (3)		Very severe (4)		Unbearable (5)
	Initial	Follow-up	Initial	Follow-up	Initial	Follow-up	Initial	Follow-up	Initial	Follow-up	Initial	Follow-up
Nausea	0	22	26	44	48	33	19	0	7	0	0	0
Vomiting	70	96	26	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Loss of appetite	11	41	44	37	22	19	19	4	4	0	0	0
Loss of desire to drink	22	59	41	30	30	11	4	0	4	0	0	0
Abdominal sloshing	67	96	11	0	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Abdominal pain	78	85	22	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0