New Women's Health Research

Current research studies and publications

A Preliminary Report of MSK Dysfunction in Female Chronic Pelvic Pain: A blinded Study of Examination Findings.  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.

Neville CN, Mallinson T, Fitzgerald C, Badillo SA, Hynes C, Tu F. 
Poster presented at World Congress of Low Back and Pelvic Pain, November 2010.
Neville C, Fitzgerald C, Mallinson T, Badillo S, Hynes C, Tu F. Physical Exam Findings by Physical Therapists Compared with Physicians of Musculoskeletal Factors in Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain. Journal of Section on Women’s Health, Sept-Dec 2010, pp 73-79
Randomized Multicenter Feasibility Trial of Myofascial Physical Therapy for the Treatment of Urological Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes. Journal of Urology 2009:182:570-80.

Presented at APTA Combined Sections Meeting February 2009 and winner of Outstanding Platform Presentation by the Section on Women’s Health
The Use of Pelvic Ultrasound to Investigate the Etiology of Pregnancy Related Pelvic Girdle Pain – Fitzgerald C. (actively recruiting)
RIC Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation Database – Fitzgerald C, Badillo S (actively recruiting)