A prospective, randomized, placebo controlled, double-blind study of pelvic electromagnetic therapy for the treatment of chronic pelvic pain syndrome with 1 year of followup

Journal of Urology

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2044-2047

  Rowe, E ^a   Smith, C ^a   Laverick, L ^a   Elkabir, J ^a   O'n Witherow, R ^a   Patel, A ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromagnetics; Pain; Pelvic pain; Prostate; Prostatitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC THERAPY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 18744398769     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000158445.68149.38     Document Type: Article

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