ReviewJournal of traditional and complementary medicine2014
Uses of complementary and alternative medicine in multiple sclerosis.
Review in Journal of traditional and complementary medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.
- Current status of neuroprotective and neuroregenerative strategies in multiple sclerosis: A systematic review.Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) · 2022Pooled it
- Guided Imagery Improves Mood, Fatigue, and Quality of Life in Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis: An Exploratory Efficacy Trial of Healing Light Guided Imagery.Journal of evidence-based integrative medicineTrial
- Evaluating the Knowledge and Information-Seeking Behaviors of People Living With Multiple Sclerosis: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Beneficial Effects of Plant Oils Supplementation on Multiple Sclerosis: A Comprehensive Review of Clinical and Experimental Studies.Nutrients · 2023Review
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- Therapeutic Potential of Combined Therapy of Vitamin A and Vitamin C in the Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE) in Lewis Rats.Molecular neurobiology · 2022Article
- Kombucha ameliorates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis through activation of Treg and Th2 cells.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2021Article
- Immunoregulatory Effects of Tolerogenic Probiotics in Multiple Sclerosis.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2021Review
- Review of Treatment for Central Spinal Neuropathic Pain and Its Effect on Quality of Life: Implications for Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses · 2019Review
- A Review of Various Antioxidant Compounds and their Potential Utility as Complementary Therapy in Multiple Sclerosis.Nutrients · 2019Review
- Complementary and alternative medicine use in thalassemia patients in Shiraz, southern Iran: A cross-sectional study.Journal of traditional and complementary medicine · 2018Article
- Cupping therapy: A prudent remedy for a plethora of medical ailments.Journal of traditional and complementary medicine · 2015Review
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- The Factors Associated With Olfactory Dysfunction in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis.Basic and clinical neuroscienceArticle
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, disabling, recurrent demyelination of the central nervous system (CNS). It could affect different regions in the brain and spinal cord, and according to the domain which is affected, it could cause different symptoms such as motor, sensory, or visual impairment; fatigue; bowel, bladder, and sexual dysfunction; cognitive impairment; and depression. MS patients also face reduced quality of life. Drugs that are used in MS are not fully efficient and patients suffer from many symptoms and adverse effects. Today there is an increasing trend of using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). People are more likely to use this type of treatment. Using appropriate lifestyle and CAM therapy can subside some of the symptoms and could improve the quality of life in these patients. Many people with MS explore CAM therapies for their symptoms. This review is aimed to introduce CAM therapies that could be used in MS patients.
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