reviewed 10 trials that studied AP for chronic neck pain and concluded that there is moderate evidence that AP relieves neck pain better than some inactive treatments; sham treatments and wait-list control at short-term follow-up.23 For chronic neck disorders with radicular symptoms, there was ...
Diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D) significantly impacts patients’ quality of life, with existing treatments offering limited relief. Self-administered acupressure presents a potential non-invasive, cost-effective treatment option that could alleviate symptoms and enhance health outcomes in...
The primary endpoints for the study were pain freedom at 2 h and freedom from the MBS at 2 h. The secondary endpoints were pain relief at 2 h, absence of most bothersome migraine-associated symptoms (MBSs) at 2 h, acute medication use within 24 h after treatment, sustained pain freedom ...
Opioid use disorder (OUD) poses a great concern due to problems associated with their abuse as well as fatal and non-fatal overdose consequences. Craving has a complex relationship with opioid use and relapse. Developing new, effective treatments for sub
It has been proposed that treatments for irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C) should provide rapid symptomatic relief, be intermittent, and e... Tack,J - 《Digest of the World Core Medical Journals》 被引量: 380发表: 2006年 A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of 5% and 2%...
Moxibustion or sham treatment was applied three times per week for four weeks (a total of 12 treatments). All moxibustion treatments were applied to acupuncture points at bilateral ST23 (Taiyi) and ST27 (Daju), as those sites were included in the Stomach Meridian of Foot Yangmyeong and have...
Noninvasive treatments for acute, subacute, and chronic low back pain: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med. 2017;166(7):514–30. https://doi.org/10.7326/M16-2367 Epub 2017 Feb 14. Article PubMed Google Scholar Stochkendahl MJ, Kjaer P,...
There is a possibility that previous experience of acupuncture treatments might have an impact on present perception of verum and sham EA inter- vention, which should be rigorously controlled in EA RCTs to avoid bias from unblinding. With the informed consent lack of explicit information on the ...
(patients and assessors were blinded); however, none of the studies had the caregivers blinded. Three of the included trials had a crossover design, while the others had a parallel design. One or more additional treatments, such as the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs),...
Furthermore, the dose of acupressure may have been inadequate; for example, more frequent treatments or a different treatment protocol may have generated different results. Given that reasonable evidence on the course effectiveness has been established in the current study, further research should focus...