The Journal of Urology
Volume 174, Issue 1 , Pages 155-160 , July 2005

INTEGRATION OF MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINT RELEASE AND PARADOXICAL RELAXATION TRAINING TREATMENT OF CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN IN MEN

  • RODNEY U. ANDERSON

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationDepartment of Urology, S287, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305 (telephone: 650-723-3391; FAX: 650-724-0084).
    • Financial interest and/or other relationship with Ortho-McNeil, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Olympus of America, Advanced Bionics and Johnson and Johnson.
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  • DAVID WISE
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  • TIMOTHY SAWYER
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  • CHRISTINE CHAN

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 Submitted for publication October 16, 2004.

PII: S0022-5347(05)60048-1

doi: 10.1097/01.ju.0000161609.31185.d5

The Journal of Urology
Volume 174, Issue 1 , Pages 155-160 , July 2005

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