The chiropractic profession: a scoping review of utilization rates, reasons for seeking care, patient profiles, and care provided

PJH Beliveau, JJ Wong, DA Sutton, NB Simon… - Chiropractic & manual …, 2017 - Springer
Background Previous research has investigated utilization rates, who sees chiropractors, for
what reasons, and the type of care that chiropractors provide. However, these studies have …

Cupping for treating pain: a systematic review

JI Kim, MS Lee, DH Lee, K Boddy… - … and Alternative Medicine, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The objective of this study was to assess the evidence for or against the effectiveness of
cupping as a treatment option for pain. Fourteen databases were searched. Randomized …

Dextrose prolotherapy for knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial

D Rabago, JJ Patterson, M Mundt… - The Annals of Family …, 2013 - Annals Family Med
PURPOSE Knee osteoarthritis is a common, debilitating chronic disease. Prolotherapy is an
injection therapy for chronic musculoskeletal pain. We conducted a 3-arm, blinded (injector …

Hypnosis for Acute Procedural Pain: A Critical Review

C Kendrick, J Sliwinski, Y Yu, A Johnson… - … Journal of Clinical …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Clinical evidence for the effectiveness of hypnosis in the treatment of acute procedural pain
was critically evaluated based on reports from randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs) …

Patterns of complementary and alternative medicine use amongst outpatients in Tokyo, Japan

S Hori, I Mihaylov, JC Vasconcelos… - BMC Complementary and …, 2008 - Springer
Background The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has been
increasing rapidly throughout the world during the past decade. The use of CAM in the …

An integrative review of complementary and alternative medicine use for back pain: a focus on prevalence, reasons for use, influential factors, self-perceived …

V Murthy, DW Sibbritt, J Adams - The Spine Journal, 2015 - Elsevier
Background context Back pain is the most prevalent of musculoskeletal conditions, and back
pain sufferers have been identified as high users of complementary and alternative …

Use of complementary and alternative medicine in patients suffering from primary headache disorders

C Gaul, R Eismann, T Schmidt, A May… - …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is increasingly common in the treatment of
primary headache disorders despite lack of evidence for efficacy in most modalities. A …

Hypertonic dextrose injection (prolotherapy) for knee osteoarthritis: Long term outcomes

D Rabago, M Mundt, A Zgierska, J Grettie - Complementary therapies in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a common, debilitating chronic disease. Prolotherapy is
an injection therapy for chronic musculoskeletal pain. Recent 52-week randomized …

Eastern approaches for enhancing women's sexuality: mindfulness, acupuncture, and yoga (CME)

LA Brotto, M Krychman… - The journal of sexual …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Introduction A significant proportion of women report unsatisfying sexual experiences
despite no obvious difficulties in the traditional components of sexual response (desire …

Alcohol and smoking behavior in chronic pain patients: the role of opioids

O Ekholm, M Grønbæk, V Peuckmann… - European Journal of Pain, 2009 - Elsevier
The primary aim of this epidemiological study was to investigate associations between
chronic non-cancer pain with or without opioid treatment and the alcohol and smoking …