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ArticleJMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies2023

Clitoral Therapy Device for Alleviating Sexual Dysfunction After Female Genital Mutilation: Randomized Controlled Trial.

Hend Reda Sakr, Yahia Ali Ahmed, Reham Mohamed Kamel, Reem Hamdy Abdelhady, Reham Alaa Elkalla, Mina Atef Georgui, Wael Osama Abd El-Khalek, Mariam Hossam El Ebrashy

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Article in JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05039775 (Clitoral Therapy Device in Alleviating Sexual Dysfunction After Genital Mutilation of Females in Egypt.), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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2 · The registry

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NCT05039775 naunknown statusnot on this map

Clitoral Therapy Device in Alleviating Sexual Dysfunction After Genital Mutilation of Females in Egypt.

TypeinterventionalSponsorBadr UniversityRan2021 to 2022Enrolled80ConditionsSexual Dysfunction, Sexual Arousal DisorderArmsEROS device, Psychosexual support
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Sexual health interventions for treating sexual dysfunction in women with female genital mutilation: A systematic review.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026
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  3. Review
  4. A surgical and functional approach to the pelvic gross neuroanatomy of the female Yucatan minipig.Annals of anatomy = Anatomischer Anzeiger : official organ of the Anatomische Gesellschaft · 2025
    Article
  5. Female Orgasmic Disorder: How Far We Have [Not] Come?International urogynecology journal · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Hend Reda SakrDepartment of Physical Therapy for Women's Health, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Badr University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7448-0068
Yahia Ali AhmedDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez University, Suez, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2350-3001
Reham Mohamed KamelDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7451-4640
Reem Hamdy AbdelhadyDepartment of Surgery and Women's Health, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Sinai University, Kantara, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2826-3825
Reham Alaa ElkallaDepartment of Physical Therapy for Surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Badr University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9810-9471
Mina Atef GeorguiDepartment of Physical Therapy for Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Badr University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2184-3456
Wael Osama Abd El-KhalekDepartment of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Badr University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7429-7586
Mariam Hossam El EbrashyDepartment of Physical Therapy for Women's Health, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Badr University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3981-762X
Badr University in Cairo · EGCairo University · EGSinai University · EGSuez University · EG

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFemale genital mutilation is considered a crime but is still practiced today in Africa and the Middle East, despite all the laws that make this procedure illegal due to the long-term physical and psychological harm it causes to women. Millions of girls and women living today have undergone genital mutilation, which involves removing the external female genitalia either partially or totally, based on the belief that it restricts feminine sexuality, thereby "saving" a girl for marriage. For girls and women, the surgery offers no health advantages. Girls' right to control critical decisions regarding their sexual and reproductive health is violated because genital mutilation is frequently done against their will and frequently without their consent, leading to lifelong psychic trauma in addition to sexual dysfunction and lack of satisfaction due to distortion of the genitalia that threatens marital stability.

objectiveTo determine the effect of a clitoral therapy device on improving sexual domains in women suffering from sexual dysfunction after female genital mutilation.

methodsThis study examined 80 married women aged from 20 to 45 years who were referred from the gynecology outpatient clinic of the Faculty of Medicine, Suez University, for sexual dysfunction resulting from female genital mutilation. The women were divided into 2 equal groups: the study group received a clitoral therapy device and traditional psychosexual education and were closely followed for 3 months, while the control group received only traditional psychosexual education for 3 months. The Arabic version of the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) questionnaire was used to assess sexual outcomes pre- and posttreatment in the 2 groups.

resultsOur findings revealed a significant increase in the 6 domains of the FSFI pretreatment in both groups compared to posttreatment (P>.001), except the orgasm domain in the control group, which showed only a nonsignificant increase (P=.16).

conclusionsClitoral therapy devices may be an effective, safe, noninvasive rehabilitation method for sexual dysfunction following female genital mutilation.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT05039775; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05039775.

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clitoral therapy deviceCTDEros devicefemale genital mutilationFemale Sexual Function IndexFGMFSFIMiddle Eastpsychologicalsex therapysexualsexual dysfunctionwomen

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