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Trial reportInternational journal of impotence research

Pelvic floor muscle training for erectile dysfunction and climacturia 1 year after nerve sparing radical prostatectomy: a randomized controlled trial.

I Geraerts, H Van Poppel, N Devoogdt, A De Groef, S Fieuws, M Van Kampen

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In one paragraph

Trial report in International journal of impotence research. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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26citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Survivorship, Version 2.2017, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN · 2017
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  5. The Prevalence of Climacturia in Patients after Radical Prostatectomy: A Systematic Review.International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
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  7. Pelvic physical therapy for male sexual disorders: a narrative review.International journal of impotence research · 2025
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  12. Effectiveness of Physiotherapy Interventions in the Management Male Sexual Dysfunction: A Systematic Review.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

I GeraertsDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
H Van PoppelDepartment of Urology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
N DevoogdtDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
A De GroefDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
S FieuwsLeuven Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics Centre, Leuven, Belgium.
M Van KampenDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
KU Leuven · BEStatistics Belgium · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to determine whether patients with persistent erectile dysfunction (ED), minimum 12 months after radical prostatectomy (RP), experienced a better recovery of erectile function (EF) with pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) compared with patients without this intervention. Second, we aimed to investigate the effect of PFMT on climacturia. All patients, who underwent RP, with persistent ED of minimum 1 year post operation were eligible. The treatment group started PFMT immediately at 12 months post operation and the control group started at 15 months after RP. All patients received PFMT during 3 months. The sample size needed to detect with 80% power a 6 points-difference regarding the EF-domain of the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF), was at least 12 subjects per group. Patients were evaluated using the IIEF and questioned regarding climacturia. Differences between groups at 15 months were evaluated with Mann-Whitney U-test and Fisher's exact test. As a result, the treatment group had a significantly better EF than the control group at 15 months after surgery (P=0.025). Other subdomains of the IIEF remained constant for both groups. The effect of PFMT was maintained during follow-up. At 15 months, a significantly higher percentage of patients in the treatment group showed an improvement regarding climacturia (P=0.004).

Indexed as

Erectile DysfunctionPostoperative ComplicationsProstatectomyUrinary IncontinenceExercise TherapyHumansMaleMiddle AgedPelvic FloorProstatic NeoplasmsRecovery of FunctionSeverity of Illness IndexTreatment Outcome

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PMID26538105
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