ReviewPain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses2013
Complementary therapies for osteoarthritis: are they effective?
Review in Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Health benefits of tai chi: What is the evidence?Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2016Pooled it
- An evidence map of the effect of Tai Chi on health outcomes.Systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Effect of Tai Chi Training on Plantar Loads during Walking in Individuals with Knee Osteoarthritis.BioMed research international · 2020Trial
- The effects of ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injection compared to oxygen-ozone (OClinical rheumatology · 2018Trial
- Huo-Luo-Xiao-Ling (HLXL)-Dan, a Traditional Chinese Medicine, for patients with osteoarthritis of the knee: a multi-site, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase II clinical trial.Osteoarthritis and cartilage · 2015Trial
- Thai massage, and Thai herbal compress versus oral ibuprofen in symptomatic treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee: a randomized controlled trial.BioMed research international · 2014Trial
- Information Survey on the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- The Effect of Modified Tai Chi Exercises on the Physical Function and Quality of Life in Elderly Women With Knee Osteoarthritis.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Article
- A Comparison Between Low-Level Laser Therapy and Intra-articular Ozone Injection in Knee Osteoarthritis Treatment: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of lasers in medical sciences · 2021Article
- The Tai Chi training for middle-aged and elderly patients with knee osteoarthritis: A protocol for systematic review and meta analysis.Medicine · 2020Article
- Patterns and Perceptions of Self-Management for Osteoarthritis Pain in African American Older Adults.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2019Article
- Battling the opioid epidemic: lessons learned and management strategies.Arthroplasty today · 2019Article
- How Do You TreatMedical acupuncture · 2017Article
- Review
- The Effects of Tai Chi Chuan on Improving Mind-Body Health for Knee Osteoarthritis Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2016Review
- The Effects of Prolotherapy With Hypertonic Dextrose Versus Prolozone (Intraarticular Ozone) in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis.Anesthesiology and pain medicine · 2015Article
- Meeting the public health challenge of pain in later life: what role can senior centers play?Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses · 2014Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Increasing interest has focused on complementary management modalities, including tai chi, acupuncture, yoga, and massage therapy, as treatments for osteoarthritis (OA). This review article synthesizes evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and systematic reviews (SRs) that examined one or more of the above as treatments for OA. Medline, Pubmed, and Cinahl databases were searched to identify English-language articles using an RCT design or that conducted a SR of published studies and presented data on symptom or functional outcomes. Two authors independently abstracted relevant information (e.g., study sample, intervention characteristics, treatment effects, safety data). Retained articles (n = 29) included those that evaluated tai chi (8 RCTs, 2 SRs), acupuncture (11 RCTs, 4 SRs), yoga (2 RCTs), and massage therapy (2 RCTs). Available evidence indicates that tai chi, acupuncture, yoga, and massage therapy are safe for use by individuals with OA. Positive short-term (≤6 months) effects in the form of reduced pain and improved self-reported physical functioning were found for all 4 treatments. Limited information exists regarding the relative effectiveness of the therapies (e.g., yoga vs. tai chi vs. acupuncture), as well as treatment effects in persons with joint involvement besides the knee and in distinct patient subgroups (e.g., older vs. younger adults, persons with mild vs. moderate vs. advanced disease). Complementary therapies can reduce pain and improve function in adults with OA. Research is needed to evaluate long-term benefits of the treatments, as well as their relative effects among diverse patient subgroups.
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