A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Vaginal Cryotherapy for the Treatment of Pelvic Floor Myofascial Pain.
Haidy MorsyMelanie MeisterTheresa SpitznagleCarter ScottTianyi ZhangChiara GhettiChristine ChuSiobhan SutcliffeJerry L LowderPublished in: International urogynecology journal (2023)
Pelvic floor myofascial pain with palpation improved following both a single cryotherapy session and 2 weeks of daily cryotherapy. Interestingly, pain scores also improved with room temperature therapy. Whether these findings reflect a therapeutic effect of both cold and room temperature intravaginal therapy or a placebo effect is unclear but should be explored in larger studies.
Keyphrases
- room temperature
- chronic pain
- pain management
- ionic liquid
- neuropathic pain
- double blind
- physical activity
- stem cells
- randomized controlled trial
- study protocol
- spinal cord injury
- clinical trial
- spinal cord
- mesenchymal stem cells
- bone marrow
- postoperative pain
- transcranial direct current stimulation
- phase iii
- gestational age