Aspectos técnicos La manometría anorrectal (MAR) es una técnica que permite, mediante el registro simultáneo a diferentes niveles de los cambios de ABSTRACT Anorectal disorders can affect up to 15% of the population and are a consequence of neuromuscular alterations of the pelvic floor. The neurophysiological tests that evaluate the motor and sensory function of the anorectum provide very important information regarding the physiopathological mechanisms involved in anorectal disorders. Anorectal manometry (ARM) is considered the ideal test to evaluate the motor and sensory function of the anorectum. High resolution ARM (HR-ARM) and high definition (HD-ARM) are technologies that represent an evolution in the study of the physiology and anatomy of the structures involved in continence and evacuation. The objective of this review is to evaluate and compare HR-ARM, HD-ARM and conventional ARM in terms of its technological development, analysis and interpretation of these tests, as well as its usefulness in clinical practice. According to our review, HR-ARM and HD-ARM have greater recording capacity, are less variable, more reproducible, but also more expensive compared to conventional ARM. HD-ARM has the advantage of providing a reconstruction in 3 planes that could be compared with the endoanal ultrasound. It is important to mention that new parameters are being developed that will allow a better understanding of anorectal function, which probably leads to a reclassification of anorectal disorders. Up to now, HR-ARM and HD-ARM do not seem to have made a major diagnostic advance in routine clinical practice with respect to conventional ARM. This is an important issue to highlight since, in many parts of the world, the latter technology is the only one available and it is very useful.