Effects of Spinal Cord Injury on Female Sexual Response

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)70 enrolled

Overview

The long term aims of this project are to 1) Understand the effect of varying degrees and levels of SCI and dysfunction(SCI/D)on females sexual response: 2) Identify the specific neuronal pathways involved in female sexual responses; and 3) Develop and evaluate new assessment and treatment methods for neurogenic sexual dysfunction in women.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

ECT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Female Sexual Dysfunction Multiple Sclerosis Spinal Cord Injury

Interventions

Sympathetic manipulation on sexual arousal in womenPROCEDURE

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 55 Years

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Inclusion Criteria: * MS or SCI * Normal menstrual periods * Normal hand function * Have ability to feel sensation from lower abdomen to upper thigh region. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant * Menopausal

Locations (1)

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Our central hypothesis are:

1) In females the SNS regulates psychogenic genital vasocongestion 2) In females the orgasmic reflex requires the presence of an intact sacral spinal cord, 3) In females a pattern generator is responsible for the orgasmic reflex.

Central Contacts

Paula Spath

CONTACT

1-866-706-5544 pspath@uab.edu

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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