AIM: To evaluate the efficacy of biofeedback therapy in @entity1 with @entity1118 ( @entity1118 ). METHODS: From November 2001 to April 2002, @entity1 visiting the Urological Outpatient Clinic of this Hospital were evaluated by means of the National Institute of Health @entity1069 Symptom Index (NIH-CPSI) and classified by the NIH classification standard. Sixty-two @entity1 of @entity1118 category III were involved in this study. All @entity1 had been treated by conventional approaches such as antibiotics and alpha-blockers for more than half a year without any improvement. The expressed prostatic secretion results were as follows: WBC 5 to 9/high power field, lipid + approximately +++ and bacterial culture negative. Their NIH-CPSI were 12 approximately 40. All the 62 cases complained of micturitional @entity146 (frequency, urgency, splitted stream and sense of residual urine), 32 cases, of @entity158 or discomfort at the testicular, penile, scrotal, pelvic or rectal region and 13 cases, of white secretion-dripping. The @entity1 were treated by the Urostym Biofeedback equipment (Laborie Co., Canada) 5 times a week for 2 weeks with a stimulus intensity of 15 mA approximatley 23 mA and duration of 20 minutes. RESULTS: Sixty @entity1 were significantly improved or cured, while no significant improvement in the remaining 2. No apparent side effect was observed. The NIH-CPSI dropped to 6 to 14 with an average reduction of 21 (P<0.01). In the 60 improved cases, @entity158 was relieved after 2 approximately 3 treatment courses and other symptoms disappeared after 4 approximately 5 courses. CONCLUSION: Biofeedback therapy is a safe and effective treatment for @entity1118 . Large randomized clinical trials are needed to confirm its efficacy and to explore the mechanism of action.

Biofeedback therapy for XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity1069 :: ('MESH:D053448', 'Disease') :: ['Chronic Prostatitis'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['irritation'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain'] @entity1118 :: ('MESH:D059350', 'Disease') :: ['chronic pelvic pain syndrome', 'CPPS']
@entity1118 :: (MESH:D059350,Disease) :: ['chronic pelvic pain syndrome']
