Articles: pain-clinics.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of motion style acupuncture treatment (MSAT) for acute neck pain: A multi-center randomized controlled trial.
Neck pain is a common complaint in the general population. Despite the consistent ongoing pain and the resulting economic burden on affected individuals, there have only been a few studies investigating the treatment of acute neck pain. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness, safety, and cost-effectiveness of the motion style acupuncture treatment (MSAT) and acupuncture treatment for acute neck pain. ⋯ To our knowledge, this study is the first well-designed multi-centered randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness, safety, and cost-effectiveness of MSAT on acute neck pain. The results of this study will be useful for clinicians in primary medical institutions that frequently treat acute neck pain patients and for policymakers working with national health insurance.
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Meta Analysis
Auricular acupuncture for migraine: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.
Migraines are caused by neurological and vascular dysfunction, with a side or both sides of the head pain recurrent attack, often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, light, and sound allergy as the characteristics, is the clinical common disease, frequently occurring disease. The incidence of migraine is 8.4% to 28% worldwide (highest in Germany), and the lifetime incidence is about 14.0%. About 18.2% for women and 6.5% for men, About 23 percent of families have at least one migraine sufferer. It can occur at any age, and more than half of patients have headaches that interfere with work or school, while nearly a third may miss work or school because of the headache. Therefore, how to relief headache immediately and reduce the impact on life and work, becomes the basic clinical appeal of many patients. Analgesics are the main treatment for migraine in western medicine, many patients, who worried about the side effects of drugs, often take them only when the pain is unbearable, which can only treat the symptoms rather than the root causes. Auricular acupuncture as a form of acupuncture therapy which is proved to be effective in RCTs and very suitable for patients, has been used in patients who suffer from migraine for a long time, therefore a systematic review is necessary to provide available evidence for further study. ⋯ October 2, 2020 osf.io/q6arf. (https://osf.io/q6arf/.).
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Plasma cell mastitis (PCM) is a benign suppurative disease of the breast based on the expansion of mammary ducts and infiltration of plasma cells. It is relatively rare clinically, and its main manifestations include nonperiodic breast pain, nipple discharge, areola lump, nipple depression, nipple fistula, among others. Modern medicine is mainly surgical treatment, which is easy to recur. The clinical practice shows that the overall treatment of patients with TCM syndrome differentiation using oral medicine combined with western medicine therapy, combined internal and external treatment, can significantly improve the curative effect, prevent recurrence, has a certain therapeutic advantage, but lack of evidence of evidence-based medicine. The purpose of this study is to study the efficacy and safety of oral traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) combined with western medicine therapy in the treatment of PCM. ⋯ The purpose of this study is to sort out and analyze the literature. This systematic review also does not involve endangering participant rights. Ethical approval was not required. The results may be published in a peer-reviewed journal or disseminated at relevant conferences. OSF REGISTRATION NUMBER:: doi 10.17605/OSF.IO/K9A78.
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Clinical features of capsule endoscopy in 825 children: A single-center, retrospective cohort study.
Video capsule endoscopy (VCE) can detect mucosal lesions in the intestine, especially in the small bowel. Our study aims to evaluate the applications of VCE for pediatric gastrointestinal diseases. In this retrospective study, we included all patients who underwent VCE between December 2012 and December 2018. ⋯ In terms of the small bowel transit time of VCE, compared with the negative group [288 (216.5, 390.3) min] and the enteritis group [277 (192.5, 374.8) min], a longer transit time was needed in the small bowel ulcer group [332.5 (240, 451.5) min, P < .01]. There were no correlations of positive VCE findings with anemia, the white blood cell count, the C-reactive protein level or the small bowel transit time according to Spearman rank analysis. VCE is relatively well tolerated and safe in children and has great value for the diagnosis and treatment of abdominal pain, especially inflammatory bowel disease and obscure gastrointestinal bleeding.
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Low back pain is a common clinical chronic disease with symptoms of back soreness, numbness, and pain. The incidence of low back pain is high, and gradually increases with age. It is mainly middle-aged and has a high recurrence rate. It is considered to be one of the common diseases with the highest disability rate. The aim of this systematic review is to assess the effectiveness and safety of moxibustion therapy for low back pain. ⋯ The conclusions of our study will provide an evidence to judge whether moxibustion is an effective and safe intervention for patients with low back pain.