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A conceptual model for managing sexual pain with somatocognitive therapy in women with provoked vestibulodynia and implications for physiotherapy practice

, 2022
Somatocognitive therapy is a multimodal physiotherapy treatment developed in the early 2000s to alleviate the burden of chronic pelvic pain. In recent years, somatocognitive therapy has been further developed to treat women with provoked vestibulodynia ...
Slawomir Wojniusz (12281948), Anne Lise Ording Helgesen (11162269), Gro Killi Haugstad (9026777), Kristine Grimen Danielsen (12281945), Mette Bøymo Kaarbø (13045431)   +4 more
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Cognitive-behavioral couple therapy versus lidocaine for provoked vestibulodynia : a randomized clinical trial [PDF]

, 2021
Objective: This randomized clinical trial compared a novel cognitive-behavioral couple therapy (CBCT) and topical lidocaine for provoked vestibulodynia.
Corsini-Munt, Serena, Rosen, Natalie O., Steben, Marc, Vaillancourt-Morel, Marie-Pier, Mayrand, Marie-Hélène, Bergeron, Sophie, Delisle, Isabelle, Delisle, I., Vaillancourt-Morel, M.-P., Corsini-Munt, S., Rosen, N. O., Mayrand, M.- H., Steben, M., Bergeron, S.   +13 more
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An Investigation of Descending Pain Modulation in Women With Provoked Vestibulodynia (PVD): Alterations of Spinal Cord and Brainstem Connectivity

Frontiers in Pain Research, 2021
The most common subtype of vulvodynia (idiopathic chronic vulvar pain) is provoked vestibulodynia (PVD). Previous imaging studies have shown that women with vulvodynia exhibit increased neural activity in pain-related brain regions (e.g., the secondary ...
Lindsey R. Yessick, Caroline F. Pukall, Caroline F. Pukall, Gabriela Ioachim, Susan M. Chamberlain, Patrick W. Stroman   +5 more
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Learning to live with pain : A qualitative interview study regarding quality of life and care for vestibulodynia-affected women

, 2022
Vestibulodyni är ett medicinsk tillstånd som orsakar en brännande och svidande känsla runt slidöppningen och har setts drabba uppemot 15% av den kvinnliga befolkningen.
Persson Noren, Karolina, Mellgren, Emma
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Testing peripheral and central therapies for provoked vestibulodynia: results from the UPDATe trial [PDF]

Ann Med
Introduction Vestibulodynia (VBD) is a common chronic pelvic pain condition with heterogeneous clinical presentation, including subtypes distinguished by the presence (VBD-central; VBD-c) or absence (VBD-peripheral; VBD-p) of comorbid pain conditions ...
Shudt C, Carey E, Geller E, Rapkin A, Farb D, Cutting H, Akaninwor J, DeLaRosa J, Stirling C, Bortsov A, Rowe P, Luo S, Klein M, Nackley A.   +13 more
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Emerging Evidence of Macrophage Contribution to Hyperinnervation and Nociceptor Sensitization in Vulvodynia

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2019
Vulvodynia is an idiopathic chronic pain disorder and a leading cause of dyspareunia, or pain associated with sexual intercourse, for women. The key pathophysiological features of vulvodynia are vaginal hyperinnervation and nociceptor sensitization ...
Christine Mary Barry, Dusan Matusica, Rainer Viktor Haberberger   +2 more
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Therapeutic effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in vestibulodynia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare
Background: Vestibulodynia is a chronic vulvar pain condition that significantly impacts physical and sexual well-being. While various treatments exist, universal effectiveness is lacking, leading to increased interest in non-invasive options like ...
Mohsen Mohammad-Rahimi, Fateme Tahmasbi, Hamzah Adel Ramawad   +2 more
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Feasibility and acceptability of somatocognitive therapy in the management of women with provoked localized vestibulodynia—ProLoVe feasibility study

Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2022
Background Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) is a prevalent chronic pain condition especially among young women. Pain is localized to the vulvar vestibule and is provoked by touch or pressure, such as penetrative intercourse.
Mette Bøymo Kaarbø, Kristine Grimen Danielsen, Gro Killi Haugstad, Anne Lise Ording Helgesen, Slawomir Wojniusz   +4 more
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A feasibility trial of online Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for women with provoked vestibulodynia

, 2023
Objectives Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an established treatment for chronic pain. However, it is a form of treatment that have not yet been applied much in the treatment of persistent vulvar pain disorders.
Aneblom, Gunilla, Eriksson, Viktor, Buhrman, Monica,, Skalkidou, Alkistis, McCracken, Lance,, McCracken, Lance, Maathz, Pernilla, Rikner, Åsa,, Rikner, Åsa, Säde, Fredrika, Eriksson, Viktor,, Säde, Fredrika,, Aneblom, Gunilla,, Maathz, Pernilla,, Buhrman, Monica, Skalkidou, Alkistis,   +15 more
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Vestibular Anesthesia Test for Neuroproliferative Vestibulodynia

The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 2014
C-afferent nociceptors extending into epithelium Biologic Issues in Neuroproliferative Vestibulodynia Polymorphisms in genes coding for IL-1 receptor antagonist, and interleukin 1 beta Decreased interferon-alpha Elevated tumor necrosis factor, TNF, interleukin-1 beta, interleukin-6, interleukin-8 and heparanase Increased mast cells limited to the ...
Catherine, Gagnon, Julea, Minton, Irwin, Goldstein   +2 more
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