# Purpose ---------- The goal of this project is to determine a multivariate solution to multisensory hypersensitivity (MMH), and the extent to which MMH predicts longitudinal chronic pelvic pain outcome, in a cohort of deeply phenotyped women experiencing a variety of pain conditions, including: * Dysmenorrhea * Chronic pain * Bladder pain syndrome # Hypotheses ---------- Dr. Kevin Hellman predicted a three factor solution across our chosen variables: * Factor 1: pressure pain thresholds (PPTs), both external and internal, will load together with some influence from bladder pain * Factor 2: after pain ratings from PPTs and visual + audio stimulation tasks * Factor 3: conditioned pain modulation and temporal summation will mainly load on this or lower components However, these predicted factors were not observed. Rather, we observed a three factor solution: * Factor 1: Multimodal Hypersensitivity * Factor 2: Pressure Pain Threshold Stimulus-Response function * Factor 3: Bladder Hypersensitivity For more details, please see our medRxiv preprint: Kmiecik, M. J., Tu, F. F., Clauw, D. J., Hellman, K. M. (2022). Multimodal Hypersensitivity Derived from Quantitative Sensory Testing Predicts Long-Term Pelvic Pain Outcome. _MedRxiv_, 2022.04.01.22272964. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.01.22272964