Bedside Testing for Chronic Pelvic Pain: Discriminating Visceral from Somatic Pain. Jarrell, J., Giamberardino, M. A., Robert, M., & Nasr-Esfahani, M. Pain Research and Treatment, 2011:e692102, November, 2011.
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Objectives. This study was done to evaluate three bedside tests in discriminating visceral pain from somatic pain among women with chronic pelvic pain. Study Design. The study was an exploratory cross-sectional evaluation of 81 women with chronic pelvic pain of 6 or more months' duration. Tests included abdominal cutaneous allodynia (aCA), perineal cutaneous allodynia (pCA), abdominal and perineal myofascial trigger points (aMFTP) and (pMFTP), and reduced pain thresholds (RPTs). Results. Eighty-one women were recruited, and all women provided informed consent. There were 62 women with apparent visceral pain and 19 with apparent somatic sources of pain. The positive predictive values for pelvic visceral disease were aCA-93%, pCA-91%, aMFTP-93%, pMFTP-81%, and RPT-79%. The likelihood ratio (
@article{jarrell_bedside_2011,
	title = {Bedside {Testing} for {Chronic} {Pelvic} {Pain}: {Discriminating} {Visceral} from {Somatic} {Pain}},
	volume = {2011},
	issn = {2090-1542},
	shorttitle = {Bedside {Testing} for {Chronic} {Pelvic} {Pain}},
	url = {http://www.hindawi.com/journals/prt/2011/692102/abs/},
	doi = {10.1155/2011/692102},
	abstract = {Objectives. This study was done to evaluate three bedside tests in discriminating visceral pain from somatic pain among women with chronic pelvic pain. Study Design. The study was an exploratory cross-sectional evaluation of 81 women with chronic pelvic pain of 6 or more months' duration. Tests included abdominal cutaneous allodynia (aCA), perineal cutaneous allodynia (pCA), abdominal and perineal myofascial trigger points (aMFTP) and (pMFTP), and reduced pain thresholds (RPTs). Results. Eighty-one women were recruited, and all women provided informed consent. There were 62 women with apparent visceral pain and 19 with apparent somatic sources of pain. The positive predictive values for pelvic visceral disease were aCA-93\%, pCA-91\%, aMFTP-93\%, pMFTP-81\%, and RPT-79\%. The likelihood ratio (},
	language = {en},
	urldate = {2015-05-20TZ},
	journal = {Pain Research and Treatment},
	author = {Jarrell, John and Giamberardino, Maria Adele and Robert, Magali and Nasr-Esfahani, Maryam},
	month = nov,
	year = {2011},
	pages = {e692102}
}

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