ArticleInternational urogynecology journal2015
Pelvic floor muscle function in women with provoked vestibulodynia and asymptomatic controls.
Article in International urogynecology journal, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04234555 (What is the Nature of Pelvic Floor Muscle Involvement in Dyspareunia?), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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What is the Nature of Pelvic Floor Muscle Involvement in Dyspareunia?
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review of diagnostic tests to detect pelvic floor myofascial pain.International urogynecology journal · 2022Pooled it
- An intra- and interrater reliability and agreement study of vaginal resting pressure, pelvic floor muscle strength, and muscular endurance using a manometer.International urogynecology journal · 2017Trial
- Vulvodynia: still a dramatically neglected condition. A position statement on pathogenetic mechanisms from the Italian Society of Andrology and Sexual Medicine (SIAMS).Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2026Review
- Pelvic floor muscle activation amplitude at rest, during voluntary contraction, and during Valsalva maneuver-a comparison between those with and without provoked vestibulodynia.The journal of sexual medicine · 2025Observational
- Symptoms of complex pelvic pain: A survey in three cohorts of women.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2023Article
- Chronic Vulvar Pain and Health-Related Quality of Life in Women with Vulvodynia.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Case report: New insights into persistent chronic pelvic pain syndrome with comorbid somatic symptom disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Reliability, validity and responsiveness of pelvic floor muscle surface electromyography and manometry.International urogynecology journal · 2021Article
- New Insights about Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CPPS).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
- Can maximal voluntary pelvic floor muscle contraction reduce vaginal resting pressure and resting EMG activity?International urogynecology journal · 2018Article
- Multimodal Vulvar and Peripheral Sensitivity Among Women With Vulvodynia: A Case-Control Study.Journal of lower genital tract disease · 2017Article
- A review of the available clinical therapies for vulvodynia management and new data implicating proinflammatory mediators in pain elicitation.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2017Review
- A scoping review of vulvodynia research: Diagnosis, treatment, and care experiences.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
introduction and hypothesisThe purpose of the present study was to assess vaginal resting pressure (VRP), pelvic floor muscle (PFM) strength and endurance, and surface EMG activity in women with and without provoked vestibulodynia (PVD).
methodsThis was an assessor-masked comparison study including 70 women. Exclusion criteria were any previous pregnancy and presence of candida. Sensitivity of the vulvar vestibule was rated at three sites with Q-tip pressure measurement and a numerical rating scale for pain. VRP and PFM strength and endurance were measured with a high precision pressure transducer connected to a vaginal balloon. Pelvic floor muscle activity was measured with surface EMG. The independent samples t test was used to analyze differences between groups. The p value was set to <0.05
resultsThe mean age of the participants was 24.3 years (SD 4.7) and mean body mass index (BMI) was 22.0 kg/m(2) (SD 2.6). Q-tip pressure measurement was significantly lower and pain more severe in the PVD group at all sites of the vulvar vestibule. The PVD group had significantly higher VRP: 20.6 cmH2O (SD 7.1) versus controls: 17.3 cmH2O (SD 4.4), p = 0.02. The PVD group had significantly lower muscle activity during a 10-s holding period; PVD: 465.2 μV (SD 218.4), controls: 591.1 μV (SD 277.7), p = 0.04.
conclusionYoung, nulliparous women with PVD had significantly higher VRP, but this finding was not confirmed by vaginal surface EMG.
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