Does TENS reduce the intensity of acute and chronic pain? A comprehensive appraisal of the characteristics and outcomes of 169 reviews and 49 meta-analyses

CA Paley, PG Wittkopf, G Jones, MI Johnson - Medicina, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background and Objectives: Uncertainty about the clinical efficacy of transcutaneous electric
nerve stimulation (TENS) to alleviate pain spans half a century. There has been no attempt …

Acupuncture–a national heritage of China to the world: international clinical research advances from the past decade

B Liu, B Chen, Y Guo, L Tian - Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Acupuncture originated in China and is an important component of traditional Chinese
medicine. The elucidation of its anesthetic mechanisms, the medical needs of Western …

Efficacy of acupuncture for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a randomized trial

Y Sun, Y Liu, B Liu, K Zhou, Z Yue, W Zhang… - Annals of internal …, 2021 - acpjournals.org
Background: Acupuncture has promising effects on chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain
syndrome (CP/CPPS), but high-quality evidence is scarce. Objective: To assess the long …

Pharmacological interventions for treating chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a Cochrane systematic review

JVA Franco, T Turk, JH Jung, YT Xiao… - BJU …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess the effects of pharmacological therapies for chronic prostatitis/chronic
pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS). Patients and Methods We performed a comprehensive …

Diagnostic and management strategies for patients with chronic prostatitis and chronic pelvic pain syndrome

VN Pena, N Engel, AT Gabrielson, MJ Rabinowitz… - Drugs & Aging, 2021 - Springer
Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is a common and often
heterogenous condition that can have severe consequences on patient quality of life. In this …

Non‐pharmacological interventions for treating chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a Cochrane systematic review

JVA Franco, T Turk, JH Jung, YT Xiao… - Bju …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess the effects of non‐pharmacological therapies for chronic
prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS). Patients and Methods We performed a …

Ursolic acid alleviates chronic prostatitis via regulating NLRP3 inflammasome‐mediated Caspase‐1/GSDMD pyroptosis pathway

S Liu, B Guo, Q Gao, Y Deng, B Yan… - Phytotherapy …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ursolic acid (UA) is a naturally occurring pentacyclic triterpenoid widely found in fruits and
vegetables. It has been reported that UA has anti‐inflammatory effects. However, its efficacy …

Oral pharmacological treatments for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Z Qin, C Zhang, J Guo, JSW Kwong, X Li, R Pang… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Pharmacological treatments for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
(CP/CPPS) are empirically used. However, the quantitative comparative effectiveness and …

Chronic prostatitis and pelvic pain syndrome: another autoimmune disease?

L Chen, M Zhang, C Liang - Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae …, 2021 - Springer
Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS), characterized by chronic pain
in the perineum or lower abdomen regions, is a frequent disorder in men. Previous studies …

The effect of biofeedback interventions on pain, overall symptoms, quality of life and physiological parameters in patients with pelvic pain: A systematic review

B Wagner, M Steiner, DFX Huber… - Wiener klinische …, 2022 - Springer
Background Biofeedback is recognized as an effective additive method for treating certain
phenotypes of chronic pelvic pain syndrome and is a therapeutic option in other pelvic pain …