Painful Intercourse Is Significantly Associated with Evoked Pain Perception and Cognitive Aspects of Pain in Women with Pelvic Pain

Sexual Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 14-23

  Alappattu, Meryl J ^a   George, Steven Z ^a   Robinson, Michael E ^a   Fillingim, Roger B ^a   Moawad, Nashat ^a   Lebrun, Emily Weber ^a   Bishop, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic Pelvic Pain; Dyspareunia; Quantitative Sensory Testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CATASTROPHIZING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DYSPAREUNIA; EFFECT SIZE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; NOCICEPTION; PAIN INTENSITY; PELVIC PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE PAIN; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 84979841967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20501161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sm2.52     Document Type: Article

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