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Trial reportJournal of evidence-based integrative medicine

A Topical Botanical Ointment for Self-Reported Hip and/or Knee Pain: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial.

Richard J Bloomer, Jacquelyn Pence, Roddy Morris, Michelle B Stockton, Allyson Signaigo

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Trial report in Journal of evidence-based integrative medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Richard J BloomerCenter for Nutraceutical and Dietary Supplement Research, College of Health Sciences, 5415University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4277-3207
Jacquelyn PenceCenter for Nutraceutical and Dietary Supplement Research, College of Health Sciences, 5415University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA.
Roddy MorrisCenter for Nutraceutical and Dietary Supplement Research, College of Health Sciences, 5415University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA.
Michelle B StocktonCenter for Nutraceutical and Dietary Supplement Research, College of Health Sciences, 5415University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA.
Allyson SignaigoCenter for Nutraceutical and Dietary Supplement Research, College of Health Sciences, 5415University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA.
University of Memphis · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Joint pain is a common ailment among adults worldwide. Six men and 14 women (aged 51 ± 10 years) with self-reported joint pain were randomly assigned, using a cross-over design, to a botanical ointment (Yeahhh Baby!®) or placebo, twice daily for 14 days. Subjects completed questionnaires regarding their joint pain and discomfort (eg, WOMAC and subjective pain using a visual analog scale [VAS]) each evening and underwent a washout period of two weeks before crossing into the other condition. Pain and discomfort scores improved for subjects when using Yeahhh Baby!® ointment from day 1 to the average of days 2-15. For certain measures, similar, albeit insignificant, improvements were noted when subjects used the placebo-demonstrating the powerful placebo effect. Specifically, with Yeahhh Baby!® ointment, effects were noted for WOMAC pain (

Indexed as

Osteoarthritis, KneeAdultArthralgiaDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansMaleOintmentsPainSelf ReportTreatment OutcomeOintmentsanalgesicjoint paintopical ointmentYeahhh Baby!

Identifiers

PMID36412015
PMCPMC9703169
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