Caroline Pukall

No ORCID on file · 3 papers in corpus
review 2025
Efficacy and safety of drug combinations for chronic pelvic pain: a systematic review
Pain reports ·doi:10.1097/pr9.0000000000001299

Clinical disorders associated with chronic pelvic pain (CPP) cause demonstrable emotional and physical dysfunction as well as increased health care utilization. Interventions that have been studied for the treatment of CPP often provide ina…

observational 2025
Experiences of Care and Gaslighting in Patients With Vulvovaginal Disorders
JAMA network open ·doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.9486

IMPORTANCE: Medical gaslighting, in which a patient's concerns are dismissed without proper evaluation, has been described anecdotally in vulvovaginal patient care, but has not been quantified. OBJECTIVE: To use a patient-centered instrume…

observational 2025
Pelvic floor muscle activation amplitude at rest, during voluntary contraction, and during Valsalva maneuver-a comparison between those with and without provoked vestibulodynia
The journal of sexual medicine ·doi:10.1093/jsxmed/qdae170

BACKGROUND: The neuromuscular contribution to increased tone of the pelvic floor muscles (PFMs) observed among those with provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) is unclear. AIM: To determine if PFM activity differs between those with provoked PVD a…