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Impact of Educational Seminars on Women With Provoked Vestibulodynia
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 2010Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) is a common genital pain condition characterized by severe pain upon vaginal penetration. The treatment of women with PVD suggests variable efficacy across modalities. The emotional toll of PVD, because of the intimate and interpersonal nature of this sexually-provoked pain, and the relationship between PVD and anxiety ...
Lori A, Brotto +2 more
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The Clinical Journal of Pain, 2017
Objectives: Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) is an idiopathic vulvar pain condition characterized by burning pain at the vaginal opening in response to contact or pressure. Previous research has established some of the psychosocial difficulties experienced by these patients, but direct comparisons with other pain conditions are ...
Emma, Dargie +2 more
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Objectives: Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) is an idiopathic vulvar pain condition characterized by burning pain at the vaginal opening in response to contact or pressure. Previous research has established some of the psychosocial difficulties experienced by these patients, but direct comparisons with other pain conditions are ...
Emma, Dargie +2 more
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Exploring the neural correlates of touch and pain in women with provoked vestibulodynia
Pain, 2020Abstract Group differences in touch and pain thresholds—and their neural correlates—were studied in women with provoked vestibulodynia (PVD; N = 15), a common subtype of vulvodynia (chronic vulvar pain), and pain-free control women (N = 15).
Katherine S, Sutton +4 more
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Provoked Vestibulodynia—Medical Factors and Comorbidity Associated With Treatment Outcome
Journal of Sexual Medicine, 2012Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) is the most common cause of dyspareunia in young women. The etiology is unclear, and there is little knowledge of how to predict treatment outcome.The aim of this study was to identify medical factors associated with treatment outcome and coital pain in women with PVD.Seventy women previously treated for PVD at a vulvar ...
Nina Bohm-Starke, Ulrika Heddini
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Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2014 This paper aims to clarify the nature of the pain in provoked vestibulodynia (PV). It reviews published data about the nature of the pain in PV, employing a recent pain classification, which divides pain from a neurobiological perspective, into nociceptive, inflammatory and pathological pain, with the latter subdivided into neuropathic and ...
MICHELETTI, Leonardo, Radici G, Lynch PJ
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Multidisciplinary Treatment for Provoked Vestibulodynia
The Clinical Journal of Pain, 2019Objectives: Multidisciplinary treatment programs for provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) are recommended, yet few have been evaluated. This study examined women’s symptom trajectories over time, as well as baseline demographic, psychosocial and pain characteristics as predictors/ moderators of sexual pain and distress following ...
Kelly B, Smith +4 more
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Incorporating Mindfulness Meditation into the Treatment of Provoked Vestibulodynia
Current Sexual Health Reports, 2013Optimal therapy for the pain and sexual dysfunction associated with provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) is unclear. Commonly co-morbid with other chronic pain conditions, PVD affects up to 18 % of premenopausal women. There is usually subsequent persistent sexual dysfunction and sexual dissatisfaction.
Rosemary Basson, Kelly B. Smith
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Diffuse Noxious Inhibitory Control Function in Women With Provoked Vestibulodynia
The Clinical Journal of Pain, 2012The objective of the study was to assess diffuse noxious inhibitory control (DNIC) function in women with provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) compared with healthy controls through the use of 2 different methodologies. Furthermore, the study aimed to assess whether pain characteristics correlate with DNIC in women with PVD.Twenty-three healthy control women ...
Kate S, Sutton +2 more
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Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, 2014
This study aimed to determine whether histology can predict response to vestibulectomy in the management of provoked vestibulodynia.Inflammatory cell, mast cell, and nerve fiber counts were determined in prospectively collected vulvar vestibulectomy specimens from 30 women treated surgically for provoked vestibulodynia.Twenty-three subjects (77%) had a
Christopher, Brokenshire +2 more
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This study aimed to determine whether histology can predict response to vestibulectomy in the management of provoked vestibulodynia.Inflammatory cell, mast cell, and nerve fiber counts were determined in prospectively collected vulvar vestibulectomy specimens from 30 women treated surgically for provoked vestibulodynia.Twenty-three subjects (77%) had a
Christopher, Brokenshire +2 more
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The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 2012
Provoked Vestibulodynia (PVD) is the most common cause of pain with intercourse that affects reproductively aged women. The treatment outcome literature suggests that existing treatments, when administered individually, may have only limited benefits for improving pain, and that multidisciplinary approaches may be more effective for reducing pain and ...
Leslie A, Sadownik +2 more
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Provoked Vestibulodynia (PVD) is the most common cause of pain with intercourse that affects reproductively aged women. The treatment outcome literature suggests that existing treatments, when administered individually, may have only limited benefits for improving pain, and that multidisciplinary approaches may be more effective for reducing pain and ...
Leslie A, Sadownik +2 more
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