Reliability and Convergent Validity of the Algometer for Vestibular Pain Assessment in Women with Provoked Vestibulodynia

Abstract Objective. Women with provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) suffer pain at the entry of the vagina elicited by pressure as during vaginal penetration. To quantify vestibular pain, we developed a new instrument, an algometer. The aim of this study was to investigate the test–retest reliability of th...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) Mass.), 2016-07, Vol.17 (7), p.1220-1228
Hauptverfasser:	Cyr, Marie-Pierre, Bourbonnais, Daniel, Pinard, Alexandra, Dubois, Olivia, Morin, Mélanie
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Female Humans Pain Pain Measurement - instrumentation Physical Stimulation - instrumentation Pressure Reproducibility of Results Vagina Validity Vestibular system Vulvodynia - diagnosis
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