Spitznagle T

No ORCID on file · 5 papers in corpus · active 2019-2024

Study types

  • other 1

Condition tags

  • chronic_pelvic_pain 3
  • interstitial_cystitis 1
2024
A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Vaginal Cryotherapy for the Treatment of Pelvic Floor Myofascial Pain.
International urogynecology journal ·doi:10.1007/s00192-023-05692-1

Introduction and hypothesisPelvic floor myofascial pain (PFMP) is a common but underrecognized component of chronic pelvic pain and pelvic floor disorders symptoms with limited, well-studied treatment modalities. Our objective was to determ…

other 2024
A Treatment Algorithm for High-Tone Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
Obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1097/AOG.0000000000005536

OBJECTIVE: To develop evidence- and consensus-based clinical practice guidelines for management of high-tone pelvic floor dysfunction (HTPFD). High-tone pelvic floor dysfunction is a neuromuscular disorder of the pelvic floor characterized …

2024
Does Muscle Pain Induce Alterations in the Pelvic Floor Motor Unit Activity Properties in Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome? A High-Density sEMG-Based Study.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) ·doi:10.3390/s24237417

Several studies have shown interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS), a chronic condition that poses challenges in both diagnosis and treatment, is associated with painful pelvic floor muscles (PFM) and altered neural drive to th…

2022
Is Pelvic Floor Muscle Tenderness a Distinct Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome Phenotype? Findings from the Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain Research Network Symptom Pattern Study.
The Journal of urology ·doi:10.1097/ju.0000000000002679

PurposeOf women with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome and men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome 85% have concomitant pelvic floor muscle tenderness (PFT). The significance of this finding is incompletely under…

2019
A Narrative Review of Musculoskeletal Impairments Associated With Nonspecific Chronic Pelvic Pain.
PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation ·doi:10.1002/pmrj.12209

The purpose of this narrative review is to present the evidence relating to musculoskeletal impairments found in people with nonspecific chronic pelvic pain (CPP). The musculoskeletal impairments assessed in this review include pelvic floor…