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Acupressure to Reduce Treatment-Related Symptoms for Children With Cancer and Recipients of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. [PDF]

, 2019
BackgroundWe describe the study design and protocol of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial (RCT) Acupressure for Children in Treatment for a Childhood Cancer (ACT-CC).ObjectiveTo describe the feasibility and effectiveness of an acupressure ...
Adcock, Robyn, Banerjee, Anu, Dvorak, Christopher C, Golden, Carla, Hartogensis, Wendy, Hecht, Frederick M, Hu, Hiroe, Lown, E Anne, Mangurian, Christina, Melton, Alexis, Morgan, Michael, Shear, Deborah, Vittinghoff, Eric   +12 more
core   +1 more source

Innovative pharmacotherapy for hepatic metabolic and chronic inflammatory diseases in China

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Liver disease constitutes a significant global health concern, particularly in China where it has distinctive characteristics. China grapples with a staggering 300 million cases, predominantly due to hepatitis B and metabolic non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease. Additionally, hepatocellular carcinoma has become a prevalent which is a lethal type
Feng Zhang, Jiaming Ju, Hongtao Diao, Jinglun Song, Yu bian, Baofeng Yang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sham Acupressure Controls Used in Randomized Controlled Trials: A Systematic Review and Critique.

PLoS ONE, 2015
ObjectivesTo explore the commonly utilized sham acupressure procedures in existing acupressure trials, and to assess whether different types of sham interventions yield different therapeutic outcomes, and, as far as possible, to identify directions for ...
Jing-Yu Tan, Lorna K P Suen, Tao Wang, Alexander Molassiotis, Alexander Molassiotis   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is it not Simpson's Acupressure Improved? [PDF]

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1889
To the Editor: —In The Journal of January 19, under the head of " Original Articles," appears a well written article by C. S. Muscroft, M.D., of Cincinnati, viz.: " Results in Eleven Cases of a New Method for Arresting Bleeding in Surgical Operations," a paper read before the Section of Surgery, A. M. A., 1888. In December, 1859, the late Sir James Y.
openaire   +2 more sources

Non‐Pharmacological Sleep Interventions after Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials

Journal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To synthesise up‐to‐date research evidence for non‐pharmacological interventions to improve various sleep outcomes (e.g., sleep quality, duration) in postsurgical cardiac patients. Background Sleep disturbances are common amongst postsurgical cardiac patients, yet the effectiveness of non‐pharmacological interventions in improving various ...
Sueyeon Lee, Pei Chen, Chang Park, Bingqian Zhu, Bilgay I. Balserak   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Meta-Analysis the Effect of Acupressure in Lowering Pain of Dysmenorrhea

Indonesian Journal of Medicine, 2022
Background: Dysmenorrhea is the most common cause of lower abdominal pain and has a negative impact on women's quality of life resulting in activity limitations.
Anisya Fajar Rahmawati, Hanung Prasetya, Bhisma Murti   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Clinical Efficacy of Auricular Acupressure plus Eye Exercises in the Treatment of Adolescent Pseudomyopia

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2022
Objective To assess the clinical efficacy of auricular acupressure plus eye exercises in the treatment of adolescent pseudomyopia, to discover an easier and safer way to treat pseudomyopia.
Zhe Zhuang, Yapeng Cui, Guofeng Cai, Kai Liu, Hong Wang, Kunping Jia, Xiuzhen Wang, Cheng Cui, Manchao Sun, Sihui Guo   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Acupuncture and acupressure for premenstrual syndrome [PDF]

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018
Acupuncture has a history of traditional use in China for women's health conditions including premenstrual syndrome (PMS), but its effectiveness for this condition remains unclear. This review examined the available evidence supporting the use of acupuncture or acupressure to treat PMS.To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture or ...
Armour, Michael (R18715), Ee, Carolyn (R18531), Hao, Jie (S32758), Wilson, Tanya M., Yao, Sofia S. (S34797), Smith, Caroline (R11597)   +5 more
openaire   +4 more sources

The Effectiveness of Acupressure on Sleep Quality in Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials

Journal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims To examine the effectiveness of acupressure on sleep quality in cancer patients and to identify the population‐level and intervention‐level characteristics associated with the intervention outcome of sleep quality. Design Systematic review and meta‐analysis.
Chenxi Yang, Yangxi Huang, Weihong Ling, Denise Shuk Ting Cheung, Jung Jae Lee   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Are Sham Acupuncture Interventions More Effective than (Other) Placebos? A Re-Analysis of Data from the Cochrane Review on Placebo Effects [PDF]

, 2010
Background and Objective: A recent Cochrane review on placebo interventions for all kinds of conditions found that `physical placebos' (which included sham acupuncture) were associated with larger effects over no-treatment control groups than ...
Linde, Klaus, Meissner, Karin, Niemann, Karin   +2 more
core   +1 more source