Kobak WH

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus · active 2019-2026
2026
Long-lasting effect of penetrating acupuncture among responders: Double-blind RCT of acupuncture for vulvodynia.
The journal of pain ·doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2025.105584

Vulvodynia, vulvar pain of unknown etiology, lasting 3 months or longer, affects 7% of American women, and has no consistently effective treatment. We aimed to test the efficacy of acupuncture on vulvar pain and dyspareunia and explore the …

2026
Obstetrics and gynecology care as an opportunity for penicillin allergy testing: Results from a novel survey.
Dialogues in health ·doi:10.1016/j.dialog.2026.100321

PurposeObstetrics and gynecology providers may have a unique opportunity to counsel, educate, and encourage penicillin allergy verification testing for patients reporting a childhood penicillin allergy.Materials and methodsWe developed a no…

2022
Protocol for double-blind RCT of acupuncture for vulvodynia.
Contemporary clinical trials communications ·doi:10.1016/j.conctc.2022.101029

BackgroundVulvodynia, vulvar pain of unknown origin lasting at least 3 months, affects 7% of American women. Dyspareunia, its frequent companion, renders sexual intercourse virtually impossible. Although few therapies are efficacious and ra…

2019
Sensory pain characteristics of vulvodynia and their association with nociceptive and neuropathic pain: an online survey pilot study.
Pain reports ·doi:10.1097/pr9.0000000000000713

ObjectivesTo evaluate self-reported sensory pain scores of women with generalized vulvodynia (GV) and provoked vestibulodynia (PVD), characterize pain phenotypes, and assess feasibility of using the Internet for recruitment and data collect…