Clinical Review

Decoding Pelvic Pain

A simple, quick, noninvasive method—a cotton-tipped applicator test—can help clinicians reliably detect central sensitization and cutaneous allodynia in patients with continuous pelvic pain, say researchers from the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.


 

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