Randomized clinical trial of 3 types of physical exercise for patients with Parkinson disease. JAMA Neurol. 2013; 70 (2):183–90. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.646. [ Cross Ref ]Shulman, LM, Katzel, LI, Ivey, FM, Sorkin, JD, Favors, K, Anderson, KE, Smith, BA, Reich, SG, Weiner,...
One of the most common reasons people turn to alternative treatment methods is because they’re looking for a safe way tonaturally reduce joint painand muscle pain. After reviewing dozens of randomized clinical trials testing cupping therapy in patients with pain of any origin, a report published...
Clinical trials are broken down into phases, with each phase having a different purpose within the trial. Phase I trials involve a small group of people (20-80) and are concerned with determining a safe dose of the drug being studied as well as its potential side effects. In Phase II, t...
in which case I calmly let the authors know that it is AMA style to allow cause-and-effect language only for randomized clinical trials and controlled laboratory experiments and that, perhaps in the “Discussion” section of their manuscript, they can try to make arguments to support that the...
The three types of experiments are randomized control experiments, quasi-experiments, and observational experiments. The difference between them is the randomized assignments of the experimental units to groups and the way that the independent variable is manipulated to cause an effect on the dependent ...
This randomized clinical trial compares the effects of relaxing vs stimulating acupressure vs usual care on fatigue, sleep, and quality of life in women
Conclusion Few randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews were among citation classics in the field of pediatrics. Articles that use observational research methodology, and are published in journals with lower impact factors, can become citation classics.Peer...
A recent meta-analysis of sulfo- nylurea treatment of diabetes and stroke risk summarizes 17 randomized controlled trials concluded with high confidence that sulfonylureas monotherapy or combination therapy increases the number of stroke events in diabetic patients as compared to comparator drug or ...
Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 9(1), 211-217. doi:10.2147/JMDH.S104807. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4862344/ Mansournia, M., Higgins, J. P., Sterne, J. A., & Hernán, M. (2017). Biases in randomized trials: A conversation between ...
Wang X, Zhao NQ, Sun YX, et al.Acupuncture for ulcerative colitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.BMC Complement Med Ther. 2020;20(1):309. doi:10.1186/s12906-020-03101-4 Davis SP, Crane PB, Bolin LP, et al.An integrative review of physical activity...