TY - BOOK AU - Sara Magdy Ahmed Fathi AU - Abeer Mohamed Eldeeb , AU - Amel Mohamed Youssef , Heba Gamal Kotb , AU - Heba Gamal Kotb , TI - Effect of pelvic floor stretching exercise in treating primary vaginismus / PY - 2014/// CY - Cairo : PB - Sara Magdy Ahmed Fathi , KW - EMG biofeedback KW - Primary vaginismus KW - Stretching exercise N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Physical Therapy for Gynecology and Obstetrics; Issued also as CD N2 - This study was conducted to determine the effect of stretching exercise in treating primary vaginismus. Forty volunteer married females suffering from primary vaginismus participated in this study. They were selected from Kasr Eleiny University Hospital; their ages ranged from 25 - 35 years. They were randomly distributed into two equal groups: group (A) (Control group) was treated by EMG biofeedback with vaginal electrode, twice / week for three weeks, while, group (B) (Study group) was treated by EMG biofeedback with vaginal electrode and stretching exercise for the same duration. Assessment for each female in both groups (A and B) was done through assessment of pelvic floor muscle tone using peritron (9300) device, assessment of pain intensity using numerical rating scale (NRS) and sexual function using the female sexual function index (FSFI) questionnaire before and after the treatment 3 weeks ER -