Graded Motor Imagery in Women Diagnosed With Genito-Pelvic Pain Penetration Disorder

University of Valencia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Genito-Pelvic Pain/Penetration Disorder

Treatments: Other: Graded Motor Imagery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05637502

UV-INV_ETICA-2678233

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the effects of a Graded Motor Imagery (GMI) programme in women diagnosed with Genito-Pelvic Pain Penetration (GPPD) Disorder.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does a GMI programme reduce pain intensity levels in women diagnosed with GPPPD? Does a GMI programme have an effect on sexual function in women diagnosed with GPPPD?

Participants will undergo a GMI programme and will be tested prior to and after the intervention to assess if the programme has a significant effect with regards to pain intensity and other pain-related outcome

Full description

Graded Motor Imagery has been extensively used in several populations suffering pain-related disorders. It triggers cortical stimulation gradually in order to have an effect on the alterations that might have occured due to pain

Women suffering from Genito-Pelvic Pain Penetration Disorder deal with persistent pelvic pain that is no longer responding to a noxious stimulus, therefore this clinical presentation could have several cortical alterations implicated.

The main goal of this study is to assess if a Graded Motor Imagery programme is able to reduce pain intensity and improve sexual function in women diagnosed with Genito-Pelvic Pain Penetration Disorder.

Enrollment: 96 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women diagnosed with persistent pelvic pain
• Pain suffered for a period of a minimum of 3 months
• Adult (>18 years) women

Exclusion criteria

• Medical condition that logically explains the presence of pain
• Pain suffered for a period of less than 3 months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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96 participants in 2 patient groups

Graded Motor Imagery

Experimental group

Description:

Participants receiving a tailored Graded Motor Imagery program for pelvic pain.

Treatment:

Other: Graded Motor Imagery

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants initially receiving no intervention at all.