SynthesisDaru : journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences2019
Traditional, complementary and alternative medicine in children constipation: a systematic review.
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- A meta analysis of the acupoint catgut embedding in the treatment of functional constipation.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Clinical Practice Guideline for Best Practice Management of Pediatric Patients by Chiropractors: Results of a Delphi Consensus Process.Journal of integrative and complementary medicine · 2024Guideline
- Efficacy of Electro-acupuncture in Treatment of Functional Constipation: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Current medical science · 2020Trial
- Beetroot leaf extract enhances gut motility in a model of loperamide-induced constipation in male rats: A phytopharmacological study.Physiological reports · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of Abdominal Massage Versus Kinesio Taping in Women With Chronic Constipation: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of neurogastroenterology and motility · 2024Article
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- Functional constipation in children: What physicians should know.World journal of gastroenterology · 2023Review
- Preclinical Studies to Evaluate the Gut Stimulatory Activity ofEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectivesThis review aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of complementary and alternative medicine methods for constipation in the pediatric population. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION: Medical literature search was performed in several databases for a variety of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine in childhood constipation. Databases included Web of Science, Scopus, Embase, Cochrane Library, PubMed, ScienceDirect, Google scholar and a number of Persian databases including IranDoc, Magiran and SID. No time limitation was determined. Clinical trials or case series that had evaluated the effectiveness of CAM therapies in functional constipation of 1-18 year old children were included. Papers not in English or Persian language were excluded. Related articles were screened independently by two reviewers according to their titles and abstracts. A data extraction form was filled in for each eligible paper. Quality assessment of eligible documents was also performed.
results30 studies were included, comprising 27 clinical trials and 3 case series. Ten documents were on herbal medicine, nine on traditional medicine, ten on manual therapies and one on homeopathy. Except for two herbal and one reflexology interventions, all studies reported positive effects on childhood constipation, with the majority being statistically significant. As the number of studies in each method was limited, we could not perform a meta-analysis.
conclusionThe scarcity of research on the efficacy and safety of different types of complementary and alternative medicine methods in children with constipation necessitates conducting more studies in each field. Graphical abstract.
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