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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2020

Increasing Warmth in Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa: A Randomized Controlled Crossover Trial Examining the Efficacy of Mustard and Ginger Footbaths.

S Kuderer, E Helmert, H Szöke, S Joos, M Kohl, J Svaldi, F Beissner, F Andrasik, J Vagedes

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

S KudererARCIM Institute (Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine), Im Haberschlai 7, 70794 Filderstadt, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6621-7219
E HelmertARCIM Institute (Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine), Im Haberschlai 7, 70794 Filderstadt, Germany.
H SzökeUniversity of Pécs, Department of CAM, Hunyadi út 4, 7621 Pécs, Hungary.
S JoosUniversity of Tuebingen, Institute for General Practice and Interprofessional Care, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz, 72074 Tuebingen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5810-529X
M KohlUniversity Furtwangen, Institute of Precision Medicine, Jakob-Kienzle-Straße 17, 78054 VS-Schwenningen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9514-8910
J SvaldiUniversity of Tuebingen, Department of Psychology, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz, 72074 Tuebingen, Germany.
F BeissnerHannover Medical School, Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0513-7551
F AndrasikUniversity of Memphis, Department of Psychology, 400 Innovation Drive, Memphis, 38152 TN, USA.
J VagedesARCIM Institute (Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine), Im Haberschlai 7, 70794 Filderstadt, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0021-088X
Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine · DEUniversity of Tübingen · DEFurtwangen University · DEMedizinische Hochschule Hannover · DEUniversity Children's Hospital Tübingen · DEUniversity of Memphis · USUniversity of Pecs · HU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo analyze the thermogenic effects of footbaths with medicinal powders in adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN) in comparison to healthy controls (HCs).

resultsPerceived warmth at the feet at t3 was significantly higher after GI compared to WA (mean difference -1.02) and MU (-1.07), with no differences between those with AN and HC (-0.29). For the secondary outcome measures, a craniocaudal temperature gradient for the skin temperature (thermography) was noted at t1 for patients with AN and HC (AN with colder feet). The craniocaudal gradient for subjective warmth was only seen for patients with AN.

conclusionFootbaths with ginger increased warmth perception at the feet longer than with mustard or warm water only for adolescents with AN as well as for HC. The impact of ginger footbaths on recovery of thermoregulatory disturbances in patients with AN repeated over extended periods merits further investigation.

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