Complementary therapies in medicine
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Complement Ther Med · Jun 2012
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyA comprehensive yoga programs improves pain, anxiety and depression in chronic low back pain patients more than exercise: an RCT.
Previously, outpatient Yoga programs for patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) lasting several months have been found to reduce pain, analgesic requirement and disability, and improve spinal mobility. This study evaluated changes in pain, anxiety, depression and spinal mobility for CLBP patients on short-term, residential Yoga and physical exercise programs, including comprehensive yoga lifestyle modifications. ⋯ Seven days intensive residential Yoga program reduces pain, anxiety, and depression, and improves spinal mobility in patients with CLBP more effectively than physiotherapy exercises.
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Complement Ther Med · Jun 2012
Health services use among young Australian women with allergies, hayfever and sinusitis: a longitudinal analysis.
The existing knowledge base on the use of complementary and alternative medicine among patients with allergies is built upon findings of cross-sectional surveys and there is a lack of longitudinal data. There is also a lack of studies that examine both the use of conventional medicine and complementary and alternative medicine among allergy patients. ⋯ The frequent use of a range of conventional providers and practitioner-based and self-prescribed complementary and alternative medicine amongst women with allergic disorders warrants further investigation.