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Participants were allocated to receive either 6 weekly sessions of shockwave therapy or the same protocol plus 5 additional monthly maintenance shockwave therapy sessions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Outcomes<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>International Index of Erectile Function\u2013Erectile Function domain (IIEF-EF) score, minimal clinically important difference (MCID), Erection Hardness Score, Self-esteem assessed using the Self-Esteem and Relationship Questionnaire, and the incidence of adverse events, assessed at the end of treatment and at 12 and 24\u00a0weeks of follow-up.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Ninety-three men were allocated to each study group. Median IIEF-EF score at the end of treatment was 21.5 (interquartile range [IQR] 11), at 12\u00a0weeks of follow-up was 23 (IQR 12), and at 24\u00a0weeks of follow-up was 22 (IQR 10) in the maintenance protocol group, and 20 (IQR 11) at the end of treatment, 20 (IQR 10) at 12\u00a0weeks of follow-up, and 18 (IQR 13) at 24\u00a0weeks of follow-up in the weekly protocol. No statistically significant differences were found in these comparisons between the groups. In total, 35.8% of patients in the weekly protocol group and 62.8% in the maintenance protocol group achieved the MCID at 24\u00a0weeks of follow-up (P-value adjusted\u2009=\u2009.02). No significant differences were observed between groups in erection hardness or self-esteem outcomes. No serious adverse events were reported in either group.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Clinical Implications<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A protocol of 6 weekly shockwave sessions plus 5 monthly maintenance sessions may be useful in men with erectile dysfunction, increasing the likelihood of achieving clinical improvement.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Strengths &amp; Limitations<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Strengths include the sample size, inclusion of men with varying degrees of erectile dysfunction severity, and the randomized clinical trial design. Limitations include the lack of vascular assessment using penile Doppler ultrasound.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The application of a protocol of 6 weekly shockwave therapy sessions plus 5 monthly maintenance sessions, for the treatment of organic erectile dysfunction, does not generate statistically significant changes in the IIEF score up to 6\u00a0months of treatment compared to the same protocol without maintenance sessions, but may increase the probability of achieving clinical improvement, without serious adverse events.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/jsxmed\/qdag076","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,27]],"date-time":"2026-03-27T17:12:22Z","timestamp":1774631542000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Effectiveness of monthly maintenance low-intensity shockwave therapy added to 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