The use of a bioimpedance analyzer in the measurement of sexual arousal in male sexual deviants. 1986

J M Bradford

The physiological responses of sexual arousal which have been well described by Masters & Johnson, has led to the objective measure of sexual arousal. Penile tumescence is an accepted and reliable method of evaluating sexual excitability. The correlation between Penile tumescence measure and the subjective assessment of sexual arousal is high and has been reported in the range of 0.55 to 0.74 in various studies. The development of simple and inexpensive transducers for measuring penile tumescence has been a significant factor in the empirical research into sexual offenders and has led to major advances in the identification of deviant sexual arousal. This, in turn, allows more specific treatment strategies to be developed and also provides a method for evaluating and monitoring the response to treatment. Electrical bioimpedance is a technique that enables the non-invasive measurement of blood flow by the quantification of changes in the electrical conductivity of a body segment or a tissue sample and is being adapted for penile tumescence testing.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D010262 Paraphilic Disorders Disorders that include recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors generally involving nonhuman objects, suffering of oneself or partners, or children or other nonconsenting partners. (from DSM-V) Paraphilias,Sex Deviations,Deviation, Sex,Deviations, Sex,Disorder, Paraphilic,Disorders, Paraphilic,Paraphilia,Paraphilic Disorder,Sex Deviation
D010413 Penis The external reproductive organ of males. It is composed of a mass of erectile tissue enclosed in three cylindrical fibrous compartments. Two of the three compartments, the corpus cavernosa, are placed side-by-side along the upper part of the organ. The third compartment below, the corpus spongiosum, houses the urethra. Glans Penis,Penis, Glans
D010992 Plethysmography, Impedance Recording changes in electrical impedance between electrodes placed on opposite sides of a part of the body, as a measure of volume changes in the path of the current. (Stedman, 25th ed) Rheography,Impedance Plethysmography,Impedance Plethysmographies,Plethysmographies, Impedance,Rheographies
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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