Search Results for: A+B versus B
... mentioned already yesterday, NICE published a draft report on pain treatments. The draft is now open to public ... clinical evidence section: Mixed modality manual therapy versus usual care/acupuncture/dry needling Pain reduction Low quality evidence ... at time points up to 3 months. Soft tissue technique versus usual care/acupuncture/dry needling Pain reduction Low quality evidence ...
... recently reported, the most thorough review of the subject showed that the evidence for acupuncture as a treatment for chronic pain ... which I copy what I consider the key evidence: Acupuncture versus sham acupuncture Pain reduction Very low quality evidence from 13 ...
... approaches are manual therapy and therapeutic exercise. But which is more effective? This study was aimed at answering the question by comparing the effects of manual therapy and therapeutic exercise. The ...
... all the many bizarre treatments so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) has to offer, distant healing is probably one of the least plausible. Essentially, it involves healers sending ... and Austria in a two by two factorial design to immediate versus deferred (waiting for 6 months) distant healing. Half the patients were ...
... update my article of 2008, I have searched the Cochrane Library for all Cochrane reviews specifically targeted at acupuncture or related ... OVARIAN SYNDROME For true acupuncture versus sham acupuncture we cannot exclude clinically relevant differences in ... alone or in conjunction with medication versus medication alone is uncertain owing to the very low quality of evidence. ...
... mentioned before, the US ‘Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) have published a most comprehensive review update entitled ‘Noninvasive ... low). There was no difference between spinal manipulation versus sham manipulation, usual care, an attention control, or a placebo ...
... for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) have published a most comprehensive review update entitled ‘Noninvasive ... (5 trials) and intermediate-term (3 trials) function versus sham acupuncture, a placebo (sham laser), or usual care; one trial ... For pain, there were no differences for acupuncture versus sham acupuncture or placebo interventions in the short (4 trials), ...
... am sure that most of us have wondered how we might be able to boost our immune defence in order to minimise the risk of catching ... upper respiratory tract infection in children with high versus low dose vitamin D. Significantly less acute respiratory infections in ...
... experts are wondering whether it is possible to stimulate our immune system such that we are better protected against ... in the garlic group compared with the placebo group (111 versus 366). The number of days to recovery from an occurrence of the common cold was similar in both groups (4.63 versus 5.63). Only one trial met the inclusion criteria, therefore limited ...
... objective of this trial, just published in the BMJ, was to assess the efficacy ... mean number of migraine days was 3.5 (SD 2.5) for manual versus 2.4 (3.4) for sham at weeks 13 to 16 and 3.9 (3.0) for manual versus 2.2 (3.2) for sham at weeks 17 to 20. At weeks 17 to 20, the reduction ...
