Vestibular tactile and pain thresholds in women with vulvar vestibulitis syndrome

Pain

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 163-175

  Pukall, Caroline F ^a   Binik, Yitzchak M ^a,b   Khalifé, Samir ^c,d   Amsel, Rhonda ^a   Abbott, Frances V ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Psychophysics; Sexual pain disorders; Tactile and pain thresholds; Vulvar vestibulitis syndrome; Vulvodynia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; VULVA; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRESSURE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TOUCH; VULVA; VULVITIS;

EID: 0036220940     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(01)00442-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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