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Observational studyMedicine2018

Effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation for endometriosis-associated pain: A retrospective study.

Xue-Ling Bi, Cai-Xia Xie

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Observational study in Medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Xue-Ling BiFirst Ward of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Yan'an People's Hospital Third Ward of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Yan'an People's Hospital, Yan'an, China.
Cai-Xia Xie
Yan'an University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This retrospective study evaluated the effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) for the treatment of endometriosis-associated pain (EAP).A total of 154 patients with EAP were included and were divided into 2 groups in this retrospective study. Eighty-three patients were assigned a treatment group, and underwent NMES therapy, while 71 subjects in the control group were at waiting list. The primary outcome of pain was measured by the numerical rating scale (NRS) and the Endometriosis Symptom Severity scale (ESSS). The secondary outcome was quality of life, measured by the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). All outcomes were measured before and after 5-week and 10-week treatment. Moreover, we also recorded the adverse events in this study.After 5-week treatment, no significant differences in all outcome measurements were found between the 2 groups. However, after 10-week treatment, NMES therapy exerted better outcomes in NRS (P = .02), ESSS (P = .04), and SF-36 [Physical Component Summary (PCS), P < .01; Mental Component Summary (MCS), P < .01], compared with the patients at the waiting list. Moreover, no significant differences of all adverse events were found between the 2 groups, although mild and acceptable adverse events occurred in the treatment group.This study demonstrated that NMES is effective for treating patients with EAP.

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AdolescentAdultElectric Stimulation TherapyEndometriosisFemaleHumansPainPain ManagementPain MeasurementQuality of LifeRetrospective StudiesSeverity of Illness IndexYoung Adult

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PMID29953000
PMCPMC6039639
OpenAlexW2809803032

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