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ArticleSexual and relationship therapy : journal of the British Association for Sexual and Relationship Therapy2018

Genital vibration for sexual function and enhancement: a review of evidence.

Jordan E Rullo, Tierney Lorenz, Matthew J Ziegelmann, Laura Meihofer, Debra Herbenick, Stephanie S Faubion

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Article in Sexual and relationship therapy : journal of the British Association for Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Jordan E RulloDepartment of Psychology and Psychiatry, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Tierney LorenzDepartment of Psychological Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4999-1584
Matthew J ZiegelmannDepartment of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Laura MeihoferDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Debra HerbenickCenter for Sexual Health Promotion, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.
Stephanie S FaubionDivision of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Mayo Clinic · USMayo Clinic in Arizona · USIndiana University Bloomington · USUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte · US

Funding

Common Themes in Reproductive DiversityT32HD049336 · NICHD · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI DALE R SENGELAUB · 2005 to 2026
$4.4M
NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD049336
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vibration, as provided by a genital vibrator, is commonly regarded as a tool to enhance sexual pleasure and in modern day society falls under the category of a

Indexed as

Female sexual arousal disordermedical therapyorgasmic disorderretrograde ejaculationsexual physiology

Identifiers

PMID33223960
PMCPMC7678782
OpenAlexW2781873242

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