Cupping therapy for migraine: A protocol for a systematic review of controlled trials JihyeSeo, ...SangkwanLee, inEuropean Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2017 3Discussion Promising non-pharmacological treatments and alternative approaches such asacupuncture, herbal medicine, andcognitive therapyhave been...
Pain and medication diary were analysed using the per-protocol population only. The primary outcome was analysed using the univariate analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) which modelled the post-treatment outcome as a function of treatment group (classified factor), and the respective baseline value (...
Low back pain is a very prevalent condition in the population and cupping therapy has been presented as a frequently used non-pharmacological treatment in this population. However, there is a lack of well-designed studies that evaluate the effects of this technique. This protocol describes a ...
The protocol for this systematic review was registered on PROSPERO (Registration Number: CRD42018088855). The protocol for this review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA). Included trials The literature search identified 262 trials (Fig. 1). Duplicat...
To evaluate the effect of PC on the NO density within the cell growth media, the Griess assay was adopted using a Griess Reagent Kit (Invitrogen, Eugene, OR, USA) according to the manufacturer’s protocol. In brief, 2 ml of cell growth media was added to a 35 mm cell culture dis...
The study protocol was approved by the institutional review board of the University Duisburg-Essen Medical Institutions (no. 09–3985). Between July 2009 and July 2010 50 patients aged 18 to 75 who suffered from neck pain for at least three months in a row with a minimum of 40 mm inten...
Button cupping therapy has been applied in clinical practice, under the theories that its application influences the microcirculation and the nervous system, however, there is a scarcity of studies that investigate its effects in athletes. In this context, this protocol aims to ...
The duration of the protocol therapy carried out was 14 days. Results: Ninty two patients of NSLBP were screened, of which 34 who fulfilled the inclusion criteria and were willing to participate in the study were recruited. Three participants were lost to follow-ups due to personal reasons ...