ArticleMedicine and science in sports and exercise2015
Physical activity and chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome.
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- Dance Interventions Improve Quality of Life and Related Psychological Factors Among Breast Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.PsyCh journal · 2026Pooled it
- Physical activity is related to function and fatigue but not pain in women with fibromyalgia: baseline analyses from the Fibromyalgia Activity Study with TENS (FAST).Arthritis research & therapy · 2018Trial
- The gut-prostate axis in benign prostatic diseases: Mechanistic pathways and therapeutic implications.iScience · 2026Review
- Effect of pulmonary arterial hypertension on the morphology and antioxidant defence of the ventral prostate of sedentary and exercised rats.International journal of experimental pathology · 2025Article
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- Dual deficiency of melatonin and dihydrotestosterone promotes stromal cell damage and mediates prostatitis via the cGAS-STING pathway in sleep-deprived mice.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2024Article
- Association between chronic prostatitis and the subsequent benign prostatic hyperplasia: a population-based national cohort study.World journal of urology · 2024Article
- Thickness of the abdominal wall and pelvic floor dysfunctions in men who practice crossfit vs no crossfit: An observational study.PloS one · 2024Observational
- Association between the Number of Days/Week of Different Levels of Physical Activity and Chronic Pain in People of Different Races: A Mendelian Randomization Study.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- Longitudinal relationships between habitual physical activity and pain tolerance in the general population.PloS one · 2023Article
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- Investigating Causal Relations between Genetic-Related Intermediate Endophenotype and Risk of Chronic Prostatitis: Mendelian Randomization Study.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2022Article
- [On the move-Prevention of chronic pain with physical activity and movement].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2021Review
- Physical exercise and chronic pain in university students.PloS one · 2020Article
- Clinical Efficacy of Physical Factors Combined with Early Psychological Intervention in Treatment of Patients with Chronic Limb Pain.Iranian journal of public health · 2019Article
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- Management of Chronic Prostatitis (CP).Current urology reports · 2018Review
- [Physiotherapeutic assessment of chronic pelvic pain syndrome : Development of a standardized physiotherapeutic assessment instrument for interprofessional cooperation in patients with chronic pelvic pain syndrome].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2018Article
- Potential Mechanisms Underlying Centralized Pain and Emerging Therapeutic Interventions.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2018Review
- Regular physical activity prevents development of chronic muscle pain through modulation of supraspinal opioid and serotonergic mechanisms.Pain reports · 2017Article
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Abstract
purposeChronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is a prevalent urologic disorder among men, but its etiology is still poorly understood. Our objective was to examine the relation between physical activity and incidence of CP/CPPS in a large cohort of male health professionals.
methodsWe conducted a prospective cohort study among men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study followed from 1986 to 2008. The study population included 20,918 men who completed all CP/CPPS questions on the 2008 questionnaire. Leisure-time physical activity, including type and intensity of activity, was measured by questionnaire in 1986. A National Institute of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index pain score was calculated on the basis of the responses on the 2008 questionnaire. Participants with pain scores ≥8 were considered CP/CPPS cases (n = 689).
resultsHigher leisure-time physical activity was associated with lower risk of CP/CPPS. The multivariable-adjusted odds ratio comparing >35.0 to ≤3.5 MET·h·wk of physical activity was 0.72 (95% confidence interval, 0.56-0.92; P for trend <0.001). Observed inverse associations between physical activity and CP/CPPS were similar for both moderate- and vigorous-intensity activities. Sedentary behavior, measured as time spent watching television, was not associated with risk of CP/CPPS (P for trend = 0.64).
conclusionsFindings from this study, the first large scale and most comprehensive study to date on this association, suggest that higher levels of leisure-time physical activity may lower risk of CP/CPPS in middle-age and older men.
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