The goal of a new study published by Digestive Diseases and Sciences was to demonstrate that patients with increased rectal volumes do not automatically have diminished rectal filling sensations. This was a retrospective study, wherein 100 adult patients with defecation problems, and 44 healthy controls who had undergone anorectal function tests were assessed. In these patients, the distribution of rectal volumes and pressures at different rectal filling sensation levels were analyzed. The results revealed variations in the distribution of rectal volumes at all levels while rectal pressures showed a normal distribution. A correlation between rectal volumes and pressures could not be established, even after taking age and sex into account. Furthermore, the findings for the patient group were comparable to those for the control group. Hence, it was inferred that participants with increased rectal volumes do not experience increased rectal pressures at any sensation level. The results indicated that rectal filling sensations in patients with increased rectal volumes are not diminished. Thus, "rectal hyposensitivity" should be reserved for patients with increased rectal pressure thresholds and not for "abnormally" increased rectal volume thresholds.