[PDF] Top 20 Craniosacral therapy for chronic pain: a systematic review and meta analysis of randomized controlled trials

... of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) or randomized crossover trials that included adult patients with a chronic, non-malignant pain condition of any cause, duration, or ... See full document

... this therapy, motivated the intermittent treatment ...a systematic review and meta-analysis of all randomized controlled trials that compared the efficacy and ... See full document

... Intuitively, chronic and acute PA studies are designed with different parameters and considerations in ...among chronic PA study designs, includ- ing blinding of participants [53], blinding of personnel, ... See full document

... this meta-analysis ...this meta-analysis, and Joseph Lau for his constructive review of the ...This meta-analysis used methods and soft- ware tools developed by The Center ... See full document

... appropriate therapy or survival, but resulted in a longer antibiotic course and ICU stay ...several meta-analyses have assessed the value of PCT to guide antibiotic stew- ardship in ICU patients ...these ... See full document

... shortness of breath, chest pain, premature ventricular con- tractions (PVC), and atrial premature beats. It is one of the main forms of treatment for cardiovascular disease in Chinese medicine. In recent years, ... See full document

... larger trials were termi- nated early [49,50] which reduces power and could affect the ...planned trials and did not specifically concern cardiovascular-related ...though meta-analyses are a mainstay ... See full document

... included trials, which will be stored in Microsoft ...age, chronic pain disorder, location of pain, average time since diagnosis, work status, pain medication, co-morbid mental health, ... See full document

... “Qigong”. Randomized controlled trials were specifically targeted using the follow- ing search terms: “Randomized controlled trial”, “Controlled clinical trial”, or ... See full document

... migraine, chronic migraine, tension-type headache, chronic tension-type headache, cluster headache, chronic cluster headache combined with the words; massage therapy, physiotherapy, spinal ... See full document

... included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that evaluated the efficacy and safety of epidural injections of steroids plus local anesthetic versus local anesthetic alone for the treatment of LSS ... See full document

... This meta-analysis has several potential limitations that should be taken into ...our analysis is based on only seven RCTs and five of them have a modest sample size ( n ...smaller trials ... See full document

... Overall, there were more acute gastrointestinal side effects in the group that used HEBRT. The side effects were even more accentuated when HEBRT was compared with higher doses of CEBRT ($78 Gy) and when the ... See full document

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... this systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials are to evalu- ate the effects of HMEs and HHs in preventing artificial airway occlusion and ... See full document

... Experimental is the type of study in which the investigator intervenes so as to observe the effect on the outcome being studied [12]. Experimental studies can be either controlled (a comparison group exists) or ... See full document

... inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are the most commonly prescribed agents for pain management, but they in- crease the risk of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding and vas- cular adverse events [1,2]. Therefore, second-line ... See full document

... psoriasis, and hence they were not incorporated into our data analysis [14, 16, 19, 23, 24]. Most of them (four out of the five studies) did not support the beneficial effect of fish oil on psoriasis [16, 19, 23, ... See full document

... Effect of protocolized sedation on clinical outcomes in mechanically ventilated intensive care unit patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.. [3] [r] ... See full document

... intervention is well-established and recommended as first line therapy for urinary incontinence (UI) in form of behavioral (e.g. pelvic floor muscle rehabilitation) and pharmacological therapy (e.g. ... See full document