{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2269735841","doi":null,"title":"The use of amielle vaginal trainers as adjuvant in the treatment of vestibulodynia: an observational multicentric study.","display_name":"The use of amielle vaginal trainers as adjuvant in the treatment of vestibulodynia: an observational multicentric study.","publication_year":2008,"publication_date":"2008-01-30","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2269735841","mag":"2269735841","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18324333","pmcid":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/2258477"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:2258477","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/2258477","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764455111","display_name":"PubMed Central","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Medscape J Med","raw_type":"Text"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/2258477","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5069157926","display_name":"Filippo Murina","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9966-6448","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9966-6448"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210140859","display_name":"Ospedale dei Bambini Vittore Buzzi","ror":"https://ror.org/044ycg712","country_code":"IT","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210140859","https://openalex.org/I4210156709"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Filippo Murina","raw_affiliation_strings":["V. Buzzi Hospital, Milan, Italy. filippomurina@tin.it"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"V. Buzzi Hospital, Milan, Italy. filippomurina@tin.it","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210140859"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5082912973","display_name":"Roberto Bernorio","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Roberto Bernorio","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5050041297","display_name":"Rosanna Palmiotto","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Rosanna Palmiotto","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.4618,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":42,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.91887162,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"10","issue":"1","first_page":"23","last_page":"23"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10459","display_name":"Sexual function and dysfunction studies","score":0.9887999892234802,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2738","display_name":"Psychiatry and Mental health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10459","display_name":"Sexual function and dysfunction studies","score":0.9887999892234802,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2738","display_name":"Psychiatry and Mental health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10418","display_name":"Pelvic floor disorders treatments","score":0.009200000204145908,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2748","display_name":"Urology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10279","display_name":"Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research","score":0.00019999999494757503,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2748","display_name":"Urology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/vestibulodynia","display_name":"vestibulodynia","score":0.9589999914169312},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/vaginal-dilators","display_name":"vaginal dilators","score":0.7509999871253967},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/adjuvant-therapy","display_name":"adjuvant therapy","score":0.796999990940094},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/dyspareunia","display_name":"dyspareunia","score":0.9620000123977661},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/female-sexual-function","display_name":"female sexual function","score":0.6990000009536743},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/vulvodynia","display_name":"vulvodynia","score":0.875},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pelvic-floor-muscle-tension","display_name":"pelvic floor muscle tension","score":0.7419999837875366}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C23131810","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q818574","display_name":"Observational study","level":2,"score":0.8290871381759644},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777863537","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q357896","display_name":"Adjuvant","level":2,"score":0.5320044159889221},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.5311148762702942},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C29456083","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1221899","display_name":"Gynecology","level":1,"score":0.37025877833366394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126322002","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11180","display_name":"Internal medicine","level":1,"score":0.15628376603126526}],"mesh":[{"descriptor_ui":"D000328","descriptor_name":"Adult","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D003131","descriptor_name":"Combined Modality Therapy","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D004106","descriptor_name":"Dilatation","qualifier_ui":"Q000295","qualifier_name":"instrumentation","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D004106","descriptor_name":"Dilatation","qualifier_ui":"Q000379","qualifier_name":"methods","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D004414","descriptor_name":"Dyspareunia","qualifier_ui":"Q000628","qualifier_name":"therapy","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D005260","descriptor_name":"Female","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D006801","descriptor_name":"Humans","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D007558","descriptor_name":"Italy","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D008875","descriptor_name":"Middle Aged","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D054515","descriptor_name":"Vulvar Vestibulitis","qualifier_ui":"Q000628","qualifier_name":"therapy","is_major_topic":true}],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:2258477","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/2258477","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764455111","display_name":"PubMed Central","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Medscape J Med","raw_type":"Text"},{"id":"pmid:18324333","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18324333","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Medscape journal of medicine","raw_type":"Clinical Trial"},{"id":"mag:2269735841","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18324333","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"PubMed","raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:2258477","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/2258477","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764455111","display_name":"PubMed Central","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Medscape J Med","raw_type":"Text"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3","score":1.0,"display_name":"Good health and well-being"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":8,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W246493134","https://openalex.org/W1967325810","https://openalex.org/W1978365056","https://openalex.org/W2040136705","https://openalex.org/W2040552047","https://openalex.org/W2112997260","https://openalex.org/W2120385927","https://openalex.org/W2415328579"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4415959022","https://openalex.org/W2017329420","https://openalex.org/W2965555570","https://openalex.org/W4214602444","https://openalex.org/W7208763283","https://openalex.org/W1998451110","https://openalex.org/W2107089989","https://openalex.org/W4225156864","https://openalex.org/W152497566","https://openalex.org/W1973850901"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"OBJECTIVE:":[0],"To":[1],"assess":[2],"the":[3,49,81,92],"effectiveness":[4],"of":[5,9,17],"a":[6,15],"specific":[7],"set":[8],"vaginal":[10,33,63,113],"dilators":[11,34,123],"(Amielle":[12,35],"Comfort)":[13,36],"as":[14],"part":[16],"vestibulodynia":[18],"therapy.":[19],"STUDY":[20],"DESIGN:":[21],"Fifteen":[22],"women":[23,107],"referred":[24],"for":[25,48,56,111],"vestibulodynia,":[26,112],"localized":[27],"vulvodynia,":[28],"were":[29,87],"advised":[30],"to":[31],"use":[32,115],"accompanied":[37],"by":[38],"standardized":[39],"instructions,":[40],"after":[41,62,140],"previously":[42],"receiving":[43],"1":[44],"or":[45],"more":[46],"therapies":[47],"vestibulodynia.":[50],"RESULTS:":[51],"The":[52],"post-treatment":[53],"Marinoff":[54],"scale":[55],"dyspareunia":[57],"significantly":[58,88],"improved":[59,89],"in":[60,120,129],"patients":[61],"dilator":[64,114],"treatment":[65],"compared":[66,90],"with":[67,91,108,118],"baseline":[68],"values":[69,94],"(2.2":[70],"+/-":[71,75,96,100],"0.4":[72],"vs":[73,98],"1.1":[74],"0.9;":[76],"P":[77,102],"<":[78,103],".01),":[79],"and":[80,137],"Female":[82],"Sexual":[83],"Function":[84],"Index":[85],"scores":[86],"prestudy":[93],"(16.3":[95],"5.5":[97],"25.3":[99],"7.5;":[101],".01).":[104],"CONCLUSION:":[105],"Among":[106],"previous":[109],"therapy":[110],"was":[116],"associated":[117],"improvement":[119],"symptoms.":[121],"Vaginal":[122],"can":[124],"play":[125],"an":[126],"important":[127],"role":[128],"overcoming":[130],"pelvic":[131],"floor":[132],"muscular":[133],"responses":[134],"that":[135],"remain":[136],"sometimes":[138],"increase":[139],"pain":[141],"perception":[142],"has":[143],"decreased.":[144]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-11-04T10:54:05.112534","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}