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Assessing the Impact of Vulvodynia on Quality of Life: Translation and Validation of the Vulvodynia Experience Questionnaire in Italian Women

openContesto La vulvodinia è definita come un dolore vulvare cronico che influisce negativamente sulla qualità della vita di una donna. Attualmente, nel contesto italiano, non sono disponibili strumenti di valutazione per misurare il suo impatto sulle ...
ROMEO, SABRINA
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Botulinum Toxin Injections as a Treatment of Refractory Vulvodynia in Adolescents: A Case Series.

, 2023
BACKGROUND: Vulvodynia involves vulvar discomfort that occurs in the absence of an identifiable cause. Because vulvodynia is often accompanied by myofascial pain and pelvic floor tension, transvaginal botulinum toxin (BT) injection into the pelvic floor ...
Gomez-Lobo, Veronica, Booser, Adam, Habeshian, Kaiane A, Bhuiyan, Julia, Dowlut-McElroy, Tazim   +4 more
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Latent class analysis of comorbidity patterns among women with generalized and localized vulvodynia: preliminary findings

Journal of Pain Research, 2013
Ruby HN Nguyen,1 Christin Veasley,2 Derek Smolenski1,3 1Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2National Vulvodynia Association, Silver Spring, MD, 3National Center for Telehealth
Nguyen RHN, Veasley C, Smolenski D
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Perineal muscle stiffness in women with and without vulvodynia

, 2014
© 2014 Melissa Jane DavidsonThe studies reported in this thesis focused upon: (i) objectively measuring the muscle stiffness of the perineal muscles of the pelvic floor in two different cohorts of women - those asymptomatic of pelvic floor dysfunction ...
Davidson, Melissa Jane
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Internet-based treatment for vulvodynia

, 2022
Localized provoked vulvodynia is the most common cause of sexual pain and most often affects women between 20 and 30 years old. The etiology of provoked vulvodynia remains unclear, but an interplay of biomedical and psychosocial mechanisms is believed to
Hess Engström, Andrea
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Aggravating and protective factors in patients’ experiences of vulvodynia: a qualitative study with Italian women

BMC Psychology
Background Vulvodynia, a chronic pain condition affecting 15% of women aged 18–70, significantly impacts daily life and sexual functioning, contributing to self-perception issues, depression, and anxiety.
Lorenzo Montali, Chiara Bernareggi, Valeria Crispiatico   +2 more
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Effectiveness of a Multidisciplinary Approach to Dyspareunia in Women with Vulvodynia [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Vulvodynia is a multifactorial pain disorder characterized by vulvar pain, irritation, and dyspareunia resulting in physical, sexual, and psychological distress.
Martin, Philease, Dedman, Cloe
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Intracerebroventricular Baclofen Therapy for Chronic Pelvic Pain in Cerebral Palsy: A Case Report

Archives of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Introduction: Although pain is frequent among patients with cerebral palsy (CP), vulvodynia is an uncommon finding. Its diagnosis is underrated in this population and its treatment is challenging, due to uncertainty in pathophysiological mechanisms of ...
Guilherme Corsaletti Gregório, Fabio Okuda Furokawa, Eduardo Joaquim Lopes Alho, Luciano Furlanetti, Bernardo Assumpção de Monaco   +4 more
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Vulvodynia : Understanding the Role of Pain-related Behavior

, 2021
Over the last decades, psychological mechanisms have been identified as key in the understanding of pain development and maintenance of vulvodynia.
Engman, Linnéa
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Pelvic floor examination in vulvodynia: VAMP protocol validation in correlation with central sensitization

Women's Health
Background: Overactive pelvic floor muscles (PFMs) are a source of pain in patients with vulvodynia. Peripheral sensitization may also lead to central sensitization (CS).
Ewa Baszak-Radomańska, Jadwiga Wańczyk-Baszak, Tomasz Paszkowski   +2 more
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