An observational cohort study of pelvic floor photobiomodulation for treatment of chronic pelvic pain

Neeraj Kohli; Barry Jarnagin; Angela R Stoehr; Georgine Lamvu

doi:10.2217/cer-2021-0187

General Gynecology · Pelvic Pain

An observational cohort study of pelvic floor photobiomodulation for treatment of chronic pelvic pain

Kohli N, Jarnagin B, Stoehr AR, Lamvu G

Published December 2021 Journal of comparative effectiveness research

DOI 10.2217/cer-2021-0187 PMID 34490787

Abstract

Aim

This research is the first to evaluate the effectiveness of trans-vaginal photobiomodulation therapy (TV-PBMT) for chronic pelvic pain.

Materials and Methods

Observational analysis of 128 women, undergoing TV-PBMT for chronic pelvic pain. Minimal clinically important difference, defined as ≥2-point drop on a 0-10 numeric pain rating scale (NPRS), and effect size Cohen d coefficient, was calculated over nine treatments for overall pain, and pain with activities.

Results

Compared with baseline, 64.5% of women showed improvement in overall pain, pain with bowel movement, intercourse, exercise, urination, sitting and vulvar pain (minimal clinically important difference = -2.4, -2.0, -2.4, -2.1, -2.1, -2.0, -3.1; d = 0.9, 0.7, 0.9, 0.7, 0.7, 0.7, 0.9) by treatment 9.

Conclusion

In this cohort, TV-PBMT resulted in improvement of pelvic pain without serious adverse events.

Topics

General Gynecology › Pelvic Pain › Chronic Pelvic Pain · Therapeutics › Emerging Therapies › Light Therapy · Sexual Health › Sexual Pain › Vaginismus and Pelvic Floor Pain

Neeraj Kohli, Barry Jarnagin, Angela R Stoehr, Georgine Lamvu

N Kohli, B Jarnagin, A Stoehr, G Lamvu

PMID 34490787 34490787 DOI 10.2217/cer-2021-0187 10.2217/cer-2021-0187 Kohli et al. 2021, Kohli 2021

An observational cohort study of pelvic floor photobiomodulation for treatment of chronic pelvic pain

Abstract

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