ReviewCurrent neurology and neuroscience reports2006
Complementary and alternative medicine: is there a role in multiple sclerosis?
Review in Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Evaluating the Effects of Dietary Interventions on Disease Progression and Symptoms of Adults with Multiple Sclerosis: An Umbrella Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2020Pooled it
- Influence of Diet in Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2017Pooled it
- Review
- Navigating the "liberation procedure": a qualitative study of motivating and hesitating factors among people with multiple sclerosis.Patient preference and adherence · 2014Article
- Is multiple sclerosis a mitochondrial disease?Biochimica et biophysica acta · 2010Review
- Management of multiple sclerosis in adolescents - current treatment options and related adherence issues.Adolescent health, medicine and therapeutics · 2010Review
- Mind-body interventions: applications in neurology.Neurology · 2008Article
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Abstract
Despite effective conventional therapies for multiple sclerosis (MS), many people with MS explore complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies for their symptoms. Common CAM therapies that people use include dietary modification, nutritional and herbal supplementation, and mind-body therapies. There is a revival of interest among MS researchers about the therapeutic potential of low-fat diet and essential fatty acid supplementation in MS. The efficacy of specific vitamin supplementation remains unclear. Recently, cannabis and yoga have been studied in more controlled studies and have provided evidence that they may have some benefit. The research on CAM therapies in MS is still exploratory, but considering peoples' interest and common use of these therapies, further research in this area is clearly warranted.
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