Increasing orgasm and decreasing dyspareunia by a manual physical therapy technique

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Wurn, Lawrence J ^a   Wurn, Belinda F ^a   King, C Richard ^b   Roscow, Amanda S ^a   Scharf, Eugenia S ^c   Schuster, Jonathan J ^d  

^a Clear Passage Therapies   (United States)

^b North Florida Research Institute   (United States)

^c University of Florida ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTION TEST; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LUBRICATION; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MOBILIZATION; ORGASM DISORDER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOFT TISSUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; ORGASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ORGASM; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 25144444354     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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