Gro Killi Haugstad

article 2018

Pain, psychological distress and motor pattern in women with provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) – symptom characteristics and therapy suggestions

·doi:10.1515/sjpain-2017-0173

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) represent a longstanding pain syndrome that affects large numbers of women worldwide. However, no standardized guidelines for PVD treatment exist. In a cross-sectional pilot study we examin…

review 2011

Somatocognitive therapy in the management of chronic gynaecological pain. A review of the historical background and results of a current approach

·doi:10.1016/j.sjpain.2011.02.005

Historic background and development of our somatocognitive approach Mensendieck physiotherapy of the Oslo School is a tradition of physiotherapy founded by the American physician Bess Mensendieck, a contemporary and fellow student of Sigmun…

article 2008

Continuing improvement of chronic pelvic pain in women after short-term Mensendieck somatocognitive therapy: results of a 1-year follow-up study

·doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2008.06.019

ObjectivesChronic pelvic pain is a common source of disability among women in the western world. Here we report that 3 months of Mensendieck somatocognitive intervention in chronic pelvic pain patients was followed by continued improvements…

article 2006

Mensendieck somatocognitive therapy as treatment approach to chronic pelvic pain: Results of a randomized controlled intervention study

·doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2005.10.793

ObjectiveThe etiology of chronic pelvic pain is disputed and multifactorial. We studied the effect of Mensendieck somatocognitive therapy aimed at reducing physical pain by changing posture, movement and respiration patterns combined with s…

article 2006

Posture, movement patterns, and body awareness in women with chronic pelvic pain

·doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2006.05.003

ObjectiveChronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a common cause of infirmity but is still poorly understood. We studied the clinical characteristics, including body awareness, of 60 women with this diagnosis compared to those of healthy controls in an…