Objective Assessment of Pain Thresholds in Women With Vulvodynia
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 终止
- 入组人数
- 18
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Annotated Pain Mapping
研究概览
简要总结
Annotated pain maps will be created showing region and size of areas sensitive to mechanical stimulus in both women affected by vulvar pain and unaffected control patients.
详细描述
The investigators will develop annotated pain maps showing region and size of areas sensitive to mechanical stimulus. The pain maps will be created by combining IR images, photographs, and clinical input, and will be correlated with patient co-morbidities. The IR images will assess for areas of inflammation and increased skin temperature. Pain maps will be created with patient response to mechanical stimulation with a cotton swab and will be overlaid on the thermographic images. Through this combination of measurements, the investigators plan to expand the diagnostic tools used in patient care as well as on the classification of this heterogeneous disorder.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 50 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •women meeting criteria for vulvodynia women seeking care for routine gynecologic exam
排除标准
- •women less than 18 years of age current pregnancy women with vulvar or vaginal disorder other than pain
结局指标
主要结局
Annotated Pain Mapping
时间窗: Duration of study visit, approximately 1 hour
Develop annotated pain maps showing region and size of area sensitive to mechanical stimulus. A cotton swab is used to lightly touch the vulva in 18 different locations and participant's assessment of pain on a scale of 0-10 is recorded.
Quantitative Pain Description of the Vulva With Touch.
时间窗: Immediate
The vulva is lightly touched with a cotton swab at 18 locations of the vulva. Participants rate pain at each location on a scale of 0-10, with 0 being no pain and 10 being worst. Only the pain scores from the 7 points of the inner vulva are presented here, since that is the primary site of pain in women with provoked vulvodynia.
次要结局
- Thermographic Imaging of the Vulva.(Duration of study visit, approximately 1 hour)
- Thermographic Imaging of the Vulva(Duration of study visit, about 1 hour)
研究者
Vanessa Barnabei
Professor
State University of New York at Buffalo