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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2012

Hydrotherapy for the treatment of pain in people with multiple sclerosis: a randomized controlled trial.

Adelaida María Castro-Sánchez, Guillermo A Matarán-Peñarrocha, Inmaculada Lara-Palomo, Manuel Saavedra-Hernández, Manuel Arroyo-Morales, Carmen Moreno-Lorenzo

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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33citing papers in PubMed, 9 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 103 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Non-pharmacological interventions for chronic pain in multiple sclerosis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018
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  8. Exercise therapy for fatigue in multiple sclerosis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015
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  9. Non pharmacological interventions for spasticity in multiple sclerosis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013
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  12. Combined upper limb and breathing exercise programme for pain management in ambulatory and non-ambulatory multiple sclerosis individuals: part II analyses from feasibility study.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Adelaida María Castro-SánchezDepartment of Nursing and Physical Therapy, University of Almeria (UAL), Carretera de Sacramento s/n, 04120 Almería, Granada, Spain.
Guillermo A Matarán-Peñarrocha
Inmaculada Lara-Palomo
Manuel Saavedra-Hernández
Manuel Arroyo-Morales
Carmen Moreno-Lorenzo
University of Almería · ESUniversidad de Granada · ESAndalusian Health Service · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic demyelinating neurological disease. Several studies have reported that complementary and alternative therapies can have positive effects against pain in these patients. Objective. The objective was to investigate the effectiveness of an Ai-Chi aquatic exercise program against pain and other symptoms in MS patients. Methods. In this randomized controlled trial, 73 MS patients were randomly assigned to an experimental or control group for a 20-week treatment program. The experimental group underwent 40 sessions of Ai-Chi exercise in swimming pool and the control group 40 sessions of abdominal breathing and contraction-relaxation exercises in therapy room. Outcome variables were pain, disability, spasm, depression, fatigue, and autonomy, which were assessed before the intervention and immediately and at 4 and 10 weeks after the last treatment session. Results. The experimental group showed a significant (P < 0.028) and clinically relevant decrease in pain intensity versus baseline, with an immediate posttreatment reduction in median visual analogue scale scores of 50% that was maintained for up to 10 weeks. Significant improvements were also observed in spasm, fatigue, disability, and autonomy. Conclusion. According to these findings, an Ai-Chi aquatic exercise program improves pain, spasms, disability, fatigue, depression, and autonomy in MS patients.

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