The labial photopletyhysmograph: A new instrument for assessing genital hemodynamic changes in women

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 58-65

  Prause, Nicole ^a   Cerny, Jerome ^b   Janssen, Erick ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female central nervous system control; Female psychophysiological studies of sexual function; Female vascular physiological studies of genital arousal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HEMODYNAMICS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUAL AROUSAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VAGINA; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEXUALITY; VASCULARIZATION; VULVA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEXUALITY; VAGINA; VULVA;

EID: 16344367376     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2005.20106.x     Document Type: Article

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