Efficiency of posterior tibial nerve stimulation in category IIIB chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain: A sham-controlled comparative study

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-38

  Kabay, Sahin ^a   Kabay, Sibel Canbaz ^b   Yucel, Mehmet ^a   Ozden, Hilmi ^c  

^a DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Dumlupinar University   (Indonesia)

^c OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic pelvic pain; Chronic prostatitis; Electrical stimulation; Neuromodulation; Posterior tibial nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH CHRONIC PROSTATITIS SYMPTOM INDEX; NEEDLE; NERVE STIMULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTERIOR TIBIAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PELVIC PAIN; PROSTATITIS; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 68549098086     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000224865     Document Type: Article

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