A woman's history of vaginal orgasm is discernible from her walk

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2119-2124

  Nicholas, Aurelie ^a   Brody, Stuart ^b   De Sutter, Pascal ^a   De Carufel, François ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Braine L'Alleud Hospital   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Functional Sexological therapy; Gait; Movement; Orgasm; Psychoanalytic theory; Sexual intercourse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANORGASMIA; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; CLITORIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; ORGASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SPINE MOBILITY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 51349164525     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.00942.x     Document Type: Article

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