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Perpetuating Victimization with Efforts to Reduce Human Trafficking: A Call to Action for Massage Therapist Protection [PDF]

, 2023
Human trafficking guised as massage therapy businesses is a highly successful business model that creates independent but related victims beyond the women and girls forced into sex work.
Munk, N, Rosenow, Mica, Rosenow, M, Munk, Niki   +3 more
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Massage Therapy May be Safe and Reduce Pain in Critically Ill Patients with Acute Neurological Injury: a Case Control Study [PDF]

, 2023
Purpose: Massage therapy is an important adjunctive treatment for physiologic and psychologic symptoms and has been shown to benefit patients among a wide variety of patient populations.
Jamie LaBuzetta, Pietrykowski, John, Kazer, Max, Chang, Victoria, Navaz Karanjia, Erin Raskin, Max Kazer, John Pietrykowski, Raskin, Erin, Victoria Chang, LaBuzetta, Jamie, Karanjia, Navaz   +11 more
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Proteomic Analysis of the Sphincter in a Neurogenic Bladder Caused by T10 Spinal Cord Injury

Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 2022
Objective: This study aimed to conduct proteomic analysis of the sphincter in a neurogenic bladder caused by T10 spinal cord injury. The differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) of the sphincters (internal urethral sphincter) in the neurogenic bladders ...
Qi-Rui Qu, Li-Ya Tang, Qiong Liu, Yi-Ying Long, Xia Wu, Ming Xu, Fang Qi, Hong Zhang, Kun Ai, Lu Zhou   +9 more
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Comparison of effectiveness between warm acupuncture with local-distal points combination and local distribution points combination in breast cancer-related lymphedema patients: a study protocol for a multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial

Trials, 2019
Background Lymphedema is the most common complication after breast cancer treatment, but management of lymphedema remains a clinical challenge. Several studies have reported the beneficial effect of acupuncture for treating breast cancer-related ...
Chien-Hung Yeh, Tian Yi Zhao, Mei Dan Zhao, Yue Wu, Yong Ming Guo, Zhan Yu Pan, Ren Wei Dong, Bo Chen, Bin Wang, Jing Rong Wen, Dan Li, Yi Guo, Xing Fang Pan   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stuck-moving needle acupuncture myofascial trigger point to treat idiopathic frozen shoulder: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials, 2020
Background There are evidence for the efficacy of acupuncture treatment for chronic shoulder pain, however, it remains unclear the best acupuncture modes for effective treatment.
Yang Bai, Ying Wang, Bo Chen, Yinan Qin, Qianqian Lei, Hailong Zhao, Jingbao Lu, Qian Fan, Yali Wang, Hongbo Song, Maomao Cheng, Wei Wang, Shengen Hu, Yuan Hao Du, Tian Xia   +14 more
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Experienced Practitioners’ Beliefs Utilized to Create a Successful Massage Therapist Conceptual Model: a Qualitative Investigation [PDF]

, 2017
Background: The massage therapy profession in the United States has grown exponentially, with 35% of the profession’s practitioners in practice for three years or less.
Kennedy, LMT, BCTMB, DrPH, Ann Blair, Niki Munk, LMT, PhD, Ann B. Kennedy, LMT, BCTMB, DRPH, Munk, LMT, PhD, Niki   +3 more
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Upcycling Keratin‐Based Textile Waste Into High‐Performance Hybrid Fibers Via Tuning the Interfacial Interactions

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Keratin recovered from animal‐hair textile waste is fractionated and blended with cellulose to produce continuously spun hybrid fibers. Selecting the high‐molecular‐weight keratin fraction enables 30 wt.% keratin incorporation while maintaining high strength in dry and wet states.
Mian Zhai, Daniel Van Opdenbosch, Inge Schlapp‐Hackl, Teemu Välisalmi, Markus Linder, Michael Hummel, Wenwen Fang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of externally-applied, non-pharmacological Interventions on short- and long-term symptoms and inflammatory cytokine levels in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Frontiers in Immunology, 2023
BackgroundWith the continuous development of clinical medicine, an increasing number of non-pharmacological interventions have been applied for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (KOA), with the results of several recent randomized controlled trials ...
Zhen Wang, Hui Xu, Hui Xu, Zheng Wang, Hang Zhou, Jieyao Diao, Lijuan Zhang, Yu Wang, Miaoxiu Li, Yunfeng Zhou   +9 more
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A Geometrically Transient Platform for Bioelectronic Implants

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Minimally invasive bioelectronic implants often compromise performance for smaller sizes. To resolve this optimization dilemma, a wireless bioelectronic implant with a transient geometry is introduced (MiFi). The origami‐inspired device miniaturizes up to sixfold for syringe insertion and autonomously unfolds post‐implantation.
Selin Olenik, John D. Goodwin, Atharv Naik, Philip Coatsworth, Ioi Chit Cheung, Farbod Amirghasemi, Anies Sohi, Ehsan Abedi, Tayeb Tadlaoui, Maral P. S. Mousavi, Andriy S. Kozlov, Victoria Salem, Andrew S. Cowburn, Firat Guder   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Metabolomics of Mice with Type 2 Diabetes and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Treated by Acupuncture

International Journal of Endocrinology
Introduction. To investigate the effects of acupuncture on endogenous metabolites in the liver of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) mice-based metabolomics. Methods.
Yihui Guo, Liying Zhang, Mengyuan Li, Linan Lin, Fuyu Xue, Wanning Gao, Xiaoru Xu, Haipeng Huang   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source