Effect of extracorporeal shock wave therapy on non-inflammatory chronic pelvic pain syndrome in men / Haytham Mohammed Darwish Selim ; Supervised Wafaa Hussein Borhan , Maha Abdelmonem , Hesham Moustafa Ban

Thesis (M.Sc) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Physical Therapy for Surgery

Background: Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is a clinical syndrome characterized by painin the perineum, pelvis, suprapubic area, or external genitalia and variable degrees of voiding and ejaculatory disturbance. The analgesic effect of extracorporeal shock wave treatment (ESWT) was an interesting phenomenon withan unclear mechanism discovered by chance in the applications for urolithiasis, on which ESWT has become anincreasingly popular therapeutic approach as an alternative option for the treatment of a number of soft tissue complaints. Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of extracorporeal shockwave therapy on treatment of non inflammatory chronic pelvic pain syndrome in men. Methods of evaluation (National Institute of health - chronic prostatitis symptomIndex (NIH-CPSI)). Methods: Thirty male patients with non inflammatory chronic pelvic pain and all suffering from chronic pelvic pain for at least three months were randomly divided into two groups. Group 1 received shockwave therapy in addition to traditional medical treatment. Group 2 received medical treatment only. Results : The results showed the shockwave therapy is more beneficial in decreasing score of National institute of health-chronic Pprostatitis symptom Index (NIH-CPSI) in patients of non inflammatory chronic pelvic pain syndrome than the control group. Conclusion: Shockwave therapy is effective in treating non inflammatory chronic pelvic pain syndrome in men

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