Simultaneous measurement of pelvic floor muscle activity and vaginal blood flow: A pilot study

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 690-701

  Both, Stephanie ^a   Laan, Ellen ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dyspareunia; Genital response; Pelvic floor; Psychophysiology; Vaginal surface EMG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS FLOOR; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

EID: 34249091372     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2007.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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