The ACTIV Study: Acupuncture Treatment in Provoked Vestibulodynia

Effect sizes and qualitative analyses of practitioner-initiated interviews showed overall positive effects of acupuncture, but there were statistically significant improvements only in pain with manual genital stimulation and helplessness. These findings require replication in a larger, controlled trial before any definitive conclusions on the efficacy of acupuncture for PVD can be made. Curran S, Brotto LA, Fisher H, Knudson G, and Cohen T. The ACTIV study: Acupuncture treatment in provoked vestibulodynia.