[PDF] Top 20 How large are the nonspecific effects of acupuncture? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

... 32 trials reporting data on a continuous ...sham acupuncture with no acupuncture, the pooled SMDs were ...pain trials, ...seven trials, effects over no-treatment groups were ... See full document

... Whether acupuncture is effective for Bell’s palsy is controversial, and potential modifiers exist according to previous ...cumulative meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate and quantify this ...of ... See full document

... a large effect size in the meta-analysis of continuous outcomes for pain ...All meta-analyses of continuous outcomes were performed using SMD values because the included trials used ... See full document

... The effects of physical activity (PA) on various domains of cognitive function remain an ongoing and actively researched topic in cognitive psychology [1], exercise science [2], neuroscience [3], and clinical ... See full document

... We searched for RCTs in the following electronic databases, without language restriction, from their inceptions until May 2018: PubMed, the Cochrane Library, Embase, the China National Knowledge Infrastructure, the ... See full document

... therapy effects on treatment, descriptive studies, studies involving animal testing, conflicting before and after data (such as, the sum of the data not matching the total), and reports without statistical ... See full document

... any meta-analysis, the potential for publication bias needs to be ...this meta-analysis is less ...our analysis were specifically designed to evaluate the effect of vitamin D on serum ... 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

... insulin resistance and anti-diabetes [10]. Consistently, higher plasma level of adiponectin has been related to the decreased risks of CVDs and diabetes mellitus (DM) [11, 12], suggesting the potential role of adipo- ... See full document

... a large effect size, plausible confounding that could change the effect size and dose–response rela- ...anticipated effects in the group of primary ... See full document

... analgesic effects, acupuncture is widely used [2], cost effective [17,18] and a relatively safe non-pharmacological treatment of musculo- skeletal pain ...of acupuncture to successfully manage ... See full document

... ducted meta-analyses of studies which performed acu- puncture for poststroke rehabilitation and found that acupuncture provided significant benefits in stroke re- ...identify acupuncture as one of ... See full document

... separate randomized placebo-controlled trials re- ported the effects of vitamin C on respiratory symptoms during and after heavy physical stress and, according to a ... See full document

... all trials conducted among athletes. Non- randomized trials, studies without full text, non-athlete trials, vitamin D2 administration, not addressing muscle strength tests, and multivitamin ... See full document

... the effects of the depth of anesthesia on short- or long-term ...the effects of the depth of anesthesia on POCD and on postoperative S100-β protein ...20 randomized controlled trials ... See full document

... which meta-analyses usually use to calculate ...between randomized and ana- lyzed was ...treatment effects using Cochran’s Q, χ 2 test, and I 2 ... See full document

... the analysis was conducted under the random- effects ...Sensitivity analysis was performed to resolve significant heterogeneity and to ensure that our results were not affected by the weights of ... See full document

... and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials are to evalu- ate the effects of HMEs and HHs in preventing artificial airway occlusion and pneumonia, and on mortality in adult ... See full document

... al. Effects of exercise training on cardiorespiratory fitness and biomarkers of cardiometabolic health: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled ...E. ... See full document

... Likewise, the trials used different lights for the therapy and this is an interesting aspect for the future studies, as well. Nevertheless, it seems that the Dawn–Dusk simula- tor exposes only 400 lux of light, ... See full document