Acute dorsal genital nerve stimulation increases subjective arousal in women with and without spinal cord injury.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) impacts an estimated 40% of women. Unfortunately, female sexual function is understudied, leading to limited treatment options for FSD. Neuromodulation has demonstrated some success in improving FSD symptoms. We developed a pilot study to investigate the short-term effect of electrical stimulation of the dorsal genital nerve and tibial nerve on sexual arousal in healthy women, women with FSD, and women with spinal cord injury (SCI) and FSD.

Methods

This study consists of a randomized crossover design in three groups: women with SCI, women with non-neurogenic FSD, and women without FSD or SCI. The primary outcome measure was change in vaginal pulse amplitude (VPA) from baseline. Secondary outcome measures were changes in subjective

SUBMITTER: Bottorff EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10168483 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature