Women's Involvement in Steady Exercise (WISE): Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Physical inactivity is a serious public health problem for people of all ages and is currently the fourth highest global risk factor for mortality. The transition period from adolescence to adulthood coincides with a marked reduction in participation in physical activity, with more than 50% (and up to 80%) of young adults stopping physical activity. This decrease in physical activity is more evident in women than in men.

Prospective Cross-Sectional Evaluation of Penile Helicine Circulation by Power Doppler During Dynamic Ultrasound in Veno-Occlusive Erectile Dysfunction.

Objective: To evaluate the usefulness of Power Doppler to improve the diagnostic work up of veno-occlusive erectile dysfunction patients.

Materials And Methods: Patients affected by erectile dysfunction, mean IIEF 5 = 13.5 (12-17) for at least 6 months, were enrolled in a prospective cross-sectional study.

Li-Eswt improves hemodynamic parameters thus suggesting neoangiogenesis in patients with vascular erectile dysfunction.

Extracorporeal treatment with low intensity shock-wave therapy (LI-ESWT) is a recently introduced non-invasive method which purposes the restoration of the pathophysiological alterations at the base of vasculogenic ED in male patients. The evidence in favour of the neoangiogenic potential of this treatment derived from in vitro studies and on animal models. The purpose of this study, in which the Power Doppler method was applied, is to demonstrate 'objectively' the real efficacy of LI-ESWT at the level of the microcirculation of the corpora cavernosa (neoangiogenesis) in patients affected by vasculogenic ED.

Physiological interrelationships between the venous shunts of penile corpus spongiosum and cavernous compartments during erection used in the pharmacotherapy of erectile dysfunction.

Aim Of The Study: Alprostadil (A) induces smooth-muscle relaxation by stimulating the increasing of intracellular cAMP. Intra-urethral administration is an alternative to its intra-cavernose injection in inducing erection. In order to understand the functional and anatomical basis for drug transfer, the possible communications of the corpus spongiosum with the corpora cavernosa were studied.