ArticleJournal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences2014
Long-term effect of extracorporeal shock wave therapy on the treatment of chronic pelvic pain syndrome due to non bacterial prostatitis.
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- The efficacy and safety of low-intensity extracorporeal shock wave treatment combined with or without medications in Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases · 2023Pooled it
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- 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
- Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) in urology: a systematic review of outcome in Peyronie's disease, erectile dysfunction and chronic pelvic pain.World journal of urology · 2017Pooled it
- Low-Intensity Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy Promotes Bladder Regeneration and Improves Overactive Bladder Induced by Ovarian Hormone Deficiency from Rat Animal Model to Human Clinical Trial.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Trial
- Evaluation of a low-intensity shockwave therapy for chronic prostatitis type IIIb/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a double-blind randomized sham-controlled clinical trial.Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases · 2021Trial
- Therapeutic effects of Low intensity extracorporeal low energy shock wave therapy (LiESWT) on stress urinary incontinence.Scientific reports · 2020Trial
- Low-Intensity Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy Ameliorates the Overactive Bladder: A Prospective Pilot Study.BioMed research international · 2020Trial
- Optimizing the Use of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for CP/CPPS: A Modality-Based Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Comparing Focused and Radial Devices.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- State of shock - a systematic review of extracorporeal shockwave therapy in hand surgery.GMS Interdisciplinary plastic and reconstructive surgery DGPW · 2025Review
- Low-Intensity Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy Ameliorates Detrusor Hyperactivity with Impaired Contractility via Transient Potential Vanilloid Channels: A Rat Model for Ovarian Hormone Deficiency.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Treatment of prostatitis with low-intensity extracorporeal shockwave therapy (LI-ESWT).International urology and nephrology · 2023Review
- Chronic Primary Pelvic Pain Syndrome in Men.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2023Review
- Short and long-term effectiveness of external shock wave therapy for chronic pelvic pain syndrome in men.Arab journal of urology · 2023Article
- Low intensity extracorporeal shockwave therapy for chronic pelvic pain syndrome: Long-term follow-up.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2023Article
- 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 of Low-Intensity Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for the Treatment of Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome IIIb: A Prospective-Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study.The world journal of men's health · 2022Article
- New Frontiers of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Medicine in Urology from Bench to Clinical Studies.Biomedicines · 2022Review
- Low-intensity extracorporeal shock wave therapy for male chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Translational andrology and urology · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere is limited evidence about the chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS) treatment by shockwave therapy, and the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of extracorporeal shockwave therapy on CPPS due to non bacterial prostatitis in a long-term period. MATERIALS AND
methodsIn a follow-up survey, 40 patients with CPPS (that were randomly distributed into the treatment or sham groups were evaluated at 16, 20, and 24 weeks. In the treatment group, patients were treated by extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) once a week for 4 weeks by a protocol of 3000 impulses, 0.25 mJ/m(2) and 3 Hz of frequency. 0.05 mJ/m(2) were added in each week. In the sham group, the same protocol was applied, but with the probe being turned off. The follow-up assessments were done by visual analog scale for pain and National Institutes of Health-developed Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIH-CPSI). Data were compared using independent t-test or analysis of variences.
resultsThree patients did not complete the study protocol, 37 patients were evlauated (19 patients in treatment and 18 patients in the sham group). At week 24, the mean of pain score, urinary score, quality-of-life and NIH-CPSI score between two groups were not statistically different.
conclusionAlthough, ESWT therapy as a safe and effective therapy in CPPS in short-term follow-up has been established, its long-term efficacy was not supported by this study.
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