Treatment of vaginismus with the Paula Garburg sphincter muscle exercises

Harefuah

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 246-248

  Zukerman, Zvi ^a   Roslik, Yelena ^a   Orvieto, Raoul ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Sphincter muscle exercises; Vaginal dilator; Vaginismus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE EXERCISE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX THERAPY; SPHINCTER; VAGINISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE RELAXATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21244486989     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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