Physiotherapy for endometriosis-associated pelvic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Endometriosis is a disease often associated with chronic pelvic pain. It affects around 190 million females of reproductive age globally.

Objective

To investigate the effect of physiotherapy techniques (PTs) in relieving endometriosis-associated pain.

Design

This systematic review and meta-analysis followed the PRISMA 2020 and Cochrane Handbook guidelines. The study protocol was followed and registered on PROSPERO (CRD42023474231).

Setting

A systematic search was conducted in 3 databases: PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane.

Participants

We used the following PICO strategy: population, women with endometriosis-associated pelvic pain; intervention, PTs; comparator, non-PTs; outcome, pelvic pain changes. The article selection was conducted by 2 indepen

SUBMITTER: Can G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12773736 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature