Heightened Pelvic Floor Muscle Tone and Altered Contractility in Women with Provoked Vestibulodynia

2017104 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Mélanie Morin · Université de Sherbrooke

Yitzchak M. Binik · McGill University

Daniel Bourbonnais · Institut de Readaptation Gingras Lindsay de Montreal

Samir Khalifé · Jewish General Hospital

Stéphane Ouellet · Université de Montréal

Sophie Bergeron · Université de Montréal

Abstract

Findings support the involvement of active and passive components of PFM tone and an altered PFM contractility in women with PVD. Morin M, Binik YM, Bourbonnais D, et al. Heightened Pelvic Floor Muscle Tone and Altered Contractility in Women With Provoked Vestibulodynia. J Sex Med 2017;14:592-600.

Topics & Keywords

Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment Sexual function and dysfunction studies Sports injuries and prevention

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: The Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volume 14, Issue 4, pp. 592-600

DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2017.02.012

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