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Non-weight-bearing exercise attenuates papain-induced knee osteoarthritis in rats via the TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB signaling pathway

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2023
Background and Aim Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is characterized by joint wear and degeneration. Unfortunately, the medical community currently lacks effective treatment options for this disease.
Kewen Wang, Xianji Zhang, Xin Li, Dekun Li, Ziliang Shan, Changfeng Yao   +5 more
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The positive effect of mother-performed infant massage on infantile eczema and maternal mental state: A randomized controlled trial

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
ObjectiveTo observe the influence of MPIM on infantile eczema, quality of life, growth and maternal mental state.MethodsThis trial was a randomized controlled study. Sixty-six full-term infants with eczema were randomly divided into eczema control group (
Lin Lin, Lin Yu, Shuying Zhang, Jing Liu, Ying Xiong   +4 more
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“Olfactory three-needle” acupuncture enhances synaptic function in A𝜷1-42-induced Alzheimer’s disease via activating PI3K/AKT/GSK-3𝜷 signaling pathway [PDF]

Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 2021
Synaptic dysfunction and neuronal loss are related to cognitive impairment of Alzheimer’s disease. Recent evidence indicates that regulating the phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase (PI3K)/AKT/GSK-3β pathway is a therapeutic strategy for improving synaptic ...
Yuan Wang, Ani Zheng, Huan Yang, Qiang Wang, Bo Ren, Ting Guo, Jing Qiang, Hui Cao, Yu-Jie Gao, Lei Xu, Hui Li, Ling He, Zhi-Bin Liu   +12 more
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Effectiveness of herb-partitioned moxibustion on the navel for pregnancy outcomes in patients with recurrent implantation failure undergoing in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials, 2022
Background Recurrent implantation failure (RIF) in the majority of patients undergoing in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) is caused by various factors such as maternal age, embryo quality, endometrial receptivity (ER), and immunity.
Qingchang Xia, Shuzhong Gao, Jingyan Song, Dongqing Du, Chunjing Li, Yue Zhou, Xiaobin Zhang, Zhibin Dong, Yuning Ma, Yuxia Ma   +9 more
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A multidimensional nomogram combining clinical factors and imaging features to predict 1-year recurrence of low back pain with or without radicular pain after spinal manipulation/mobilization

Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, 2023
Background In this retrospective study, we aimed to develop a nomogram to predict recurrence during a 1-year period of spinal manipulation/mobilization (SM/M) in patients with low back pain (LBP) with greater pain intensity, more severe comorbid ...
Dai Sun, Yang-yang Liu, Dan Luo, Ye-qi Wu, Zhi-qiang Yan, Yun-qi Liang, Xue-yan Huang, Jia-long Lin, Hua-song Luo, Rui Wang   +9 more
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A systematic review with meta-analysis: Traditional Chinese tuina therapy for insomnia

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023
BackgroundWith changes in the way of life and work, an increasing number of people are suffering from insomnia. In China, a traditional Chinese medicine method tuina is widely used for the treatment of insomnia.
Zheng Wang, Hui Xu, Hui Xu, Hang Zhou, Yang Lei, Lulu Yang, Juan Guo, Yuxia Wang, Yunfeng Zhou   +8 more
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Effect of sports massage on performance and recovery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 2020
Objective Massage is ubiquitous in elite sport and increasingly common at amateur level but the evidence base for this intervention has not been reviewed systematically. We therefore performed a systematic review and meta-analysis examining the effect of
Holly Louisa Davis, S. Alabed, T. Chico
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Effects of Massage and Acupressure on Relieving Labor Pain, Reducing Labor Time, and Increasing Delivery Satisfaction.

Journal of Nursing Research, 2020
BACKGROUND Several recent studies have documented the effects of massage and acupressure in reducing labor pain and labor time and in satisfaction with the delivery. However, few studies have investigated the comparative effects of these two therapies.
I. Gönenç, Fusun Terzioğlu
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Massage Therapy in Outpatient Cancer Care: A Metropolitan Area Analysis. [PDF]

, 2017
Massage offers cancer patients general quality of life benefits as well as alleviation of cancer-related symptoms/cancer-treatment-related symptoms including pain, anxiety, and fatigue.
Cowen, Virginia S., Miccio, Robin Streit, Parikh, Bijal   +2 more
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A Calibrated Method of Massage Therapy Decreases Systolic Blood Pressure Concomitant With Changes in Heart Rate Variability in Male Rats. [PDF]

, 2017
ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to develop a method for applying calibrated manual massage pressures by using commonly available, inexpensive sphygmomanometer parts and validate the use of this approach as a quantitative method of applying massage
Curras-Collazo, Margarita C, Dobyns, Abigail, Gutierrez, Roberto, Jha, Vidyasagar, Kaprelian, Anthony, Spurgin, Kurt A, Wilson, Christopher G, Xu, Karen H   +7 more
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