title: [Combination therapy of biofeedback with electrical stimulation for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effect of the combination therapy of biofeedback with electrical stimulation on chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) through clinical trials.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 140 cases of diagnosed CP/CPPS were randomly divided into a control group (n = 20), a biofeedback group (BF, n = 40), an electrical stimulation group (ES, n = 40), and a biofeedback plus electrical stimulation group (BF + ES, n = 40). The latter three groups were treated by corresponding methods 5 times a week for 2 weeks, while the controls left untreated. After the treatment, all the patients were followed up for 30 days. The NIH chronic prostatitis symptom index (NIH-CPSI) scores and the results of uroflowmetry were obtained and compared before and after the treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Compared with the control group, the scores on pain, urinary symptoms and quality of life (QOL) and the total NIH-CPSI scores were obviously decreased (P < 0.05), and the maximum flow rate (MFR) markedly improved (P < 0.05) in the BF, ES and BF + ES groups after the treatment, with significant differences between the former two and the latter one (P < 0.05), but not between the BF and ES groups (P > 0.05), nor in the control group before and after the treatment (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The combination therapy of biofeedback with electrical stimulation has a synergistic effect on CP/CPPS by alleviating pain and urinary symptoms, improving QOL and elevating MFR.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Ganzhou Renmin Hospital, Ganzhou, Jiangxi 341000, China.
authors.forename: Zhong-Sheng
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Xiong-Bing
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Zu
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Le-Ming
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Tai-Rong
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000628:therapy*; D013577:Syndrome; D055815:Young Adult