ReviewSpringerPlus2016
Therapeutic effects of electrical stimulation on overactive bladder: a meta-analysis.
Review in SpringerPlus, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy of acupuncture therapy plus related rehabilitation therapy for post-stroke urinary incontinence: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Conservative interventions for treating functional daytime urinary incontinence in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
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- Implantable Direct Current Neural Modulation: Theory, Feasibility, and Efficacy.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2019Review
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundTo systematically evaluate the therapeutic effect of electrical stimulation (ES) on overactive bladder (OB).
methodWe retrieved information by searching databases from PubMed, CBM-disc, The Cochrane Library, ScienceDirect (from Elsevier publishers) and Springer publishers up to March 2016. We looked for randomized controlled trials that studied ES in OB treatment with subject headings and keywords using literature searches and manual retrieval. References of included studies were reviewed. Literature was screened independently by two investigators according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. After extracting data and evaluating their quality, meta-analysis was undertaken with RevMan v5.2.
resultsTen randomized controlled trials involving 719 patients were included. Meta-analysis results demonstrated ES to have better effects for improving bladder compliance, reducing residual urine, and decreasing the frequency of enuresis in OB patients compared with the control group. ES elicited significantly better effects for diminishing the maximum detrusor pressure in children than in controls, but there was no significant difference in the maximum detrusor pressure between adults and controls. The therapeutic effect of ES combined with other therapies for increasing the maximum bladder capacity was better compared with other therapies alone. No significant difference was noted between ES alone and other therapies alone.
conclusionsBased on current evidence, ES has certain effects on OBs. Severe adverse reactions are not observed. ES is safe, efficacious, and worthy of clinical use.
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