Mary Lourdes Lima de Souza Montenegro

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus

case-report 2010

Thiele massage as a therapeutic option for women with chronic pelvic pain caused by tenderness of pelvic floor muscles

Journal of evaluation in clinical practice ·doi:10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01202.x

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: Musculoskeletal system has been found to be involved in genesis and perpetuation of chronic pelvic pain (CPP) and has strong evidences that up to 80% of women with CPP present dysfunction of the musculoskeletal system. …

observational 2009

Importance of pelvic muscle tenderness evaluation in women with chronic pelvic pain

Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) ·doi:10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00758.x

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of pelvic muscle tenderness in women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP) and to assess the importance of evaluating muscle tenderness in such women. DESIGN: Observational study of 48 healthy female volunte…