title: Pelvic floor therapies in chronic pelvic pain syndrome.
abstract: Chronic pelvic pain syndrome is a poorly understood clinical entity associated with urinary symptoms, pelvic floor dysfunction, and multisystem disorders. Treatment of pelvic floor dysfunction is difficult and often frustrating for the patient as well as for the involved physician. The purpose of this review is to update clinicians on the latest research for the treatment of pelvic floor dysfunction in relation to chronic pelvic pain syndrome.
authors.affiliation: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA. rdoggweiler@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ragi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Doggweiler
authors.forename: Adam F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Stewart
mesh_terms: D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017773:Pelvic Floor / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D011788:Quality of Life; D013577:Syndrome; D016896:Treatment Outcome