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ArticleDiseases (Basel, Switzerland)2016

Positive Response to Thermobalancing Therapy Enabled by Therapeutic Device in Men with Non-Malignant Prostate Diseases: BPH and Chronic Prostatitis.

Ivan Gerasimovich Aghajanyan, Simon Allen

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Article in Diseases (Basel, Switzerland), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ivan Gerasimovich AghajanyanDepartment of Urology, Yerevan State Medical University, 9 Ezras Hasratyan St, Yerevan 0052, Armenia. aghajanyan_hov@yahoo.com.
Simon AllenFine Treatment, 29 Rewley Road, Oxford OX1 2RA, UK. info@finetreatment.com.
Fine Treatment (United Kingdom) · GBYerevan State Medical University · AM

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe most common types of non-malignant prostate diseases are benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and chronic prostatitis (CP). The aim of this study was to find out whether thermobalancing therapy with a physiotherapeutic device is effective for BPH and CP.

methodsDuring a 2.5-year period, 124 men with BPH over the age of 55 were investigated. Clinical parameters were tested twice: via the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) and via ultrasound measurement of prostate volume (PV) and uroflowmetry maximum flow rate (Q

resultsThe results of the investigated index tests in men with BPH confirmed a decrease in IPSS (

conclusionsThe observed positive changes in IPSS, PV, and Q

Indexed as

benign prostatic hyperplasiaBPHchronic pelvic painchronic prostatitisCP/CPPSprostate natural treatmentprostatic diseasetherapeutic devicethermobalancing therapy

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PMID28933398
PMCPMC5456275
OpenAlexW2336856024

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