Effects of Spinal Cord Injury on Female Sexual Response

United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Multiple Sclerosis; Female Sexual Dysfunction; Spinal Cord Injury

Treatments: Procedure: Sympathetic manipulation on sexual arousal in women

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: NIH

Identifiers

NCT00142714

5R01HD030149-09

Details and patient eligibility

About

The long term aims of this project are to 1) Understand the effect of varying degrees and levels of SCI and dysfunction(SCI/D)on females sexual response: 2) Identify the specific neuronal pathways involved in female sexual responses; and 3) Develop and evaluate new assessment and treatment methods for neurogenic sexual dysfunction in women.

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 55 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• MS or SCI
• Normal menstrual periods
• Normal hand function
• Have ability to feel sensation from lower abdomen to upper thigh region.

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant
• Menopausal

Trial design

Primary purpose: Educational/Counseling/Training

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)