ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2005
Complementary and alternative medicine for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome.
Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 58 citations in OpenAlex.
- Traditional Chinese medicine on treating chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Non-pharmacological interventions for treating chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Non-pharmacological interventions for treating chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Outcomes and clinical predictors of extracorporeal shock wave therapy in the treatment of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a prospective randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial.Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases · 2022Trial
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- Efficacy and safety of drug combinations for chronic pelvic pain: a systematic review.Pain reports · 2025Review
- Trends in experimental autoimmune prostatitis: insights into pathogenesis, therapeutic strategies, and redefinition.American journal of clinical and experimental urology · 2024Review
- Clinical Efficacy of Multi-Focal Low-Intensity Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy in the Treatment of Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: Prospective-Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study.The world journal of men's health · 2022Article
- Efficacy and Safety of Drug Combinations for Chronic Pelvic Pain: Protocol for a Systematic Review.JMIR research protocols · 2021Article
- Complementary and Alternative (CAM) Treatment Options for Women with Pelvic pain.Current physical medicine and rehabilitation reports · 2020Article
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- Pharmacological interventions for treating chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Review
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- Potential of Endocannabinoids to Control Bladder Pain.Frontiers in systems neuroscience · 2018Review
- Long term efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave therapy [ESWT] for treatment of refractory chronic abacterial prostatitis.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2017Article
- Recommendations to the primary care practitioners and the patients for managing pelvic pain, especially in painful bladder syndrome for early and better prognosis.Journal of exercise rehabilitation · 2015Review
- Analgesic effects of oligonol, acupuncture and quantum light therapy on chronic nonbacterial prostatitis.Iranian Red Crescent medical journal · 2015Article
- Therapeutic Effects of Oligonol, Acupuncture, and Quantum Light Therapy in Chronic Nonbacterial Prostatitis.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2015Article
- [Chronic pelvic pain syndrome: neurostimulation, neuromodulation and acupuncture].Der Urologe. Ausg. A · 2012Article
- Use of acupuncture as a treatment method for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndromes.Current urology reports · 2011Review
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
To discuss challenges concerning treatment for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) and review complementary and alternative medical (CAM) therapies being evaluated for this condition, we performed a comprehensive search of articles published from 1990-2005 using the PubMed, Medline databases. Data from the articles were abstracted and pooled by subject. Keywords cross-searched with CP/CPPS included: complementary, alternative, integrative, therapies, interventions, nutrition, antioxidants, herbs, supplements, biofeedback and acupuncture. Listed articles with no abstracts were not included. Various CAM therapies for CP/CPPS exist including biofeedback, acupuncture, hyperthermia and electrostimulation. Additionally, a variety of in vitro and in vivo studies testing herbal and nutritional supplements were found. Saw palmetto, cernilton and quercetin were the most frequently tested supplements for CP/CPPS. Although many CAM therapies demonstrate positive preliminary observations as prospective treatments for CP/CPPS, further exploratory studies including more randomized, controlled trials are necessary for significant validation as treatment options for this complex disorder.
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