Trial reportBMC complementary and alternative medicine2017
The effectiveness of long-needle acupuncture at acupoints BL30 and BL35 for CP/CPPS: a randomized controlled pilot study.
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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
- Effectiveness and Safety of Umbilicus Treatment with Modified Dinggui Powder () in Patients with Chronic Nonbacterial Prostatitis: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2021Trial
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- Electroacupuncture-based vagal stimulation attenuates epileptic seizures through a body-brain circuit.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
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- Effectiveness of Filiform Needle Acupuncture and Long Needle Acupuncture in Managing Periarthritis of the Shoulder: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of pharmacopuncture · 2025Article
- Efficacy of Different Acupuncture Therapies for Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: A Network Meta-Analysis.Journal of pain research · 2025Review
- The Role of Acupuncture and Its Related Mechanism in Treating Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome.International journal of general medicine · 2023Review
- Research Trends of Acupuncture Therapy on Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome from 2000 to 2022: A Bibliometric Analysis.Journal of pain research · 2023Review
- Optimal acupoint and session of acupuncture for patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a meta-analysis.Translational andrology and urology · 2021Article
- Efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of chronic prostatitis-chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a review of the literature.International urology and nephrology · 2019Review
- Pharmacological interventions for treating chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Review
- Phytotherapy and physical therapy in the management of chronic prostatitis-chronic pelvic pain syndrome.International urology and nephrology · 2019Review
- Using meta-regression approach to explore the dose-response association between acupuncture sessions and acupuncture effects on chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome.Annals of translational medicine · 2019Article
- Long-term effects of acupuncture for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: systematic review and single-arm meta-analyses.Annals of translational medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is one of the commonest chronic inflammatory diseases in adult men, for which acupuncture has been used to relieve related symptoms. The present study aimed to evaluate the therapeutic effect of the long-needle acupuncture on CP/CPPS.
methodsA randomized traditional acupuncture-controlled single blind study was conducted on 77 patients who were randomized into long-needle acupuncture (LA) and traditional acupuncture (TA) groups. The patients received six sessions of acupuncture for 2 weeks and a follow-up was scheduled at week 24. The primary outcome was measured by the total National Institutes of Health-Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIH-CPSI) score at week 2. Four domains of the NIH-CPSI (urination, pain or discomfort, effects of symptoms, and quality of life) and the clinical efficacy score served as the secondary outcome.
resultsThe total NIH-CPSI score at week 2 and week 24 was significantly improved in the LA group compared with the TA group. LA significantly improved urination, pain or discomfort, the effects of symptoms, and the quality of life at week 2 and week 24 and patients undergoing LA treatment had a higher clinical efficacy score.
conclusionNeedling at the BL30 and BL35 using LA benefits patients with CP/CPPS.
trial registrationThe study was registered at the Chinese Clinical Trial Register ( ChiCTR-ICR-15006138 ).
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