A randomized comparison of group cognitive-behavioral therapy, surface electromyographic biofeedback, and vestibulectomy in the treatment of dyspareunia resulting from vulvar vestibulitis

Pain

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 297-306

  Bergeron, Sophie ^a,f   Binik, Yitzchak M ^b   Khalifé, Samir ^c   Pagidas, Kelly ^c   Glazer, Howard I ^d   Meana, Marta ^e   Amsel, Rhonda ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Dyspareunia; Vestibulectomy; Vulvar vestibulitis; Vulvodynia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULECTOMY; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); COGNITIVE THERAPY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA; VULVOVAGINITIS;

EID: 0035081745     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(00)00449-8     Document Type: Article

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