A Psychophysiological Investigation of the Pelvic Floor. The Mechanism of Vaginism

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Contents

Chapter 1: A psychophysiological investigation of the pelvic floor: Introduction

Chapter 2: The pelvic floor; ins and outs of a supportive layer

Chapter 3: The diagnosis of vaginismus - Are women with pelvic floor symptoms distinguishable from other women with the aid of an anamnestic questionnaire?

Chapter 4: Reproducibility of vaginal surface electromyography of the pelvic floor; a comparison of women with and without vaginistic reactions

Chapter 5: Voluntary control over pelvic floor muscles in women with and without vaginistic reactions

Chapter 6: Vaginismus, a component of a general defensive reaction. An investigation of pelvic floor muscle activity during exposure to emotion inducing film excerpts in women with and without vaginismus

Chapter 7: The relationship between involuntary pelvic floor muscle activity, muscle awareness and experienced threat in women with and without vaginismus

Chapter 8: The mechanism of vaginismus; general discussion and concluding remarks

References

Samenvatting

Dankwoord

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