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The effect of vaginal and cervical self-stimulation on pain thresholds and intensity in women with chronic pain
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The effect of vaginal and cervical self-stimulation on pain thresholds and intensity in women with chronic pain
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ETD_2686
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English
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theses
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Nursing
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Analgesia
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Pain--Measurement
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Neural stimulation
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Abdominal pain
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Backache
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of vaginal self-stimulation (VS-S) and cervical self-stimulation (CS-S) on: chronic pain intensity (CPI), pain detection threshold (PDT), and pain tolerance threshold (PTT); the time course of the induced analgesia; the duration of the effect; whether there was a difference between VS-S and CS-S on the dependent variables; and determine the relationship of other independent variables and the effect of VS-S and CS-S. It was hypothesized that in women with chronic pelvic, abdominal, or low back pain: VS-S and CS-S would decrease CPI and increase PDT and PTT during stimulation; CS-S would have a significantly greater effect than VS-S; and the effect would outlast stimulation. Subjects were screened for exclusion criteria prior to being randomly assigned to either VS-S or CS-S for the first experimental session; the alternate method was applied in a second experimental session within two weeks of the first session. The Multidimensional Pain Inventory (MPI), a background data sheet, the Pain-o-Meter (POM), and the Ugo Basile Analgesy meter were used to collect information about CPI, PDT, and PTT. A curved stimulator apparatus was used to self-stimulate the anterior vaginal wall and a straight stimulator was used to self-stimulate the cervix. Subjects continued to record their CPI following each experimental session. There was no statistically significant CPI change during VS-S or CS-S. In women with visceral pain, CPI increased and PDT and PTT decreased during VS-S. There were significant changes in PDT and PTT during VS-S and CS-S two subjects with somatic pain. There were differences in the response to self-stimulation by the type of somatic pain, inflammatory or non-inflammatory. Although not statistically significant, the effect of VS-S was greater than CS-S on CPI, PDT, and PTT. The effect of both VS-S and CS-S outlasted stimulation. Although the results must be viewed cautiously based on the small sample size, this study is the first human study to demonstrate a difference in the effect of neurostimulation on analgesia and pain thresholds based on the type of pain, visceral, somatic, inflammatory, or non-inflammatory. Additional research is needed to substantiate this finding.
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viii, 201 p. : ill.
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by Janice Breen
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Lucille S.
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Beverly
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Komisaruk
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Barry R.
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Barry R. Komisaruk
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - Newark
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2010
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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2010-04-30 20:20:56
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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