New Women's Health Research

Musculoskeletal characteristics of female patients with chronic pelvic pain: A blinded case comparison, Grant Funded by American Physical Therapy Association, Section on Women’s Health, awarded in July 2005, $5000; clinical research began October 2005; data collection completed July 2006. Initial data analysis completed September 2006. Submitted abstract Sept 2006 to World Congress of Physical Therapists, coinvestigator. Poster discussing the project (opens new window).

Palpometer.Dr. Frank Tu, Dr. Colleen Fitzgerald, Dr. Todd Kuiken, Dr. T Farrell, Dr. Norm Harden. Pressure-pain thresholds to diagnose pelvic floor myofascial pain syndrome: poster presentation at American Pain Society May 2006

Collaborator with Quentin Clemens, MD for the Urologic Pelvic Pain Collaborative Research Network (UPPCRN) Joint Task Force – NIH – Chronic Pelvic Pain/Interstitial Cystitis with Northwestern Department of Urology