Pain medicine : the official journal of the American Academy of Pain Medicine
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Meta Analysis
The role of glia underlying acupuncture analgesia in animal pain models, a systematic review and meta-analysis.
As a traditional Chinese therapy, acupuncture is proposed worldwide as a treatment for pain and other health problems, but findings on acupuncture analgesia have been inconsistent because of its variable modalities of therapeutic intervention. ⋯ PROSPERO (ID: CRD42020196011).
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Meta Analysis
Health coaching for low back pain, hip and knee osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.
Health coaching aims to empower people to reach their goals and is increasingly used in health care settings. Whether health coaching improves pain and disability for people with hip or knee osteoarthritis (OA) or low back pain (LBP) is unknown. ⋯ Meta-analyses provide evidence that health coaching reduces both disability and pain in people with chronic LBP and reduces disability in people with knee OA, though the clinical significance is unknown. There is currently no evidence supporting or refuting the use of health coaching for hip OA.