Efficacy of acupuncture for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome among men with a sedentary lifestyle: secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial
Acupuncture appears to be an efficacious for the treatment of CP/CPPS patients with a sedentary lifestyle. However, compared with a non-sedentary population, sedentary patients are less likely to achieve a significant/sustained treatment response following acupuncture.
Authors
- Shiyan Yan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8693-5530)
- Shuai Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2945-1836)
- Lili Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7852-6200)
- Yuanjie Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9072-3047)
- Xi Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7869-3041)
- Zhishun Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7570-8917)
- Xinlu Wang
Institutions
- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Guang’anmen Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acupuncture in Medicine
- Published
- 2025-10-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/09645284251379493
- Primary Topic
- Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00