[Clinical trials of combined therapy of an oral Chinese medicine with massage for chronic nonbacterial prostatitis].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the clinical effect of an oral Chinese medicine combined with massage of the prostate in treating chronic nonbacterial prostatitis (CNP).


METHODS
Seventy-two CNP patients were randomly divided into an experimental group (oral Chinese medicine with massage) and a control group (oral Chinese medicine only). The main parameters were compared before and two months after the treatment.


RESULTS
Total efficacy rates of the experimental and control groups were 90.0% and 68.6%, respectively. Compared with the controls, patients in the experiment group had a lower score on NIH-CPSI, and the difference was significant statistically (P < 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
The combined therapy is more effective than oral Chinese medicine alone for the treatment of CNP.
Shen
Shu-lin
SL
Department of Urology, the First Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, ShaanXi 710061, China. shenforest@163.com
He
Da-lin
DL
Luo
Yong
Y
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008405:Massage; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D008517:Phytotherapy; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000628:therapy*
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal