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IF 1.8 4区 医学
Complementary Medicine Research Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.1159/000530188
Barbara Zürcher
{"title":"Society Bulletins","authors":"Barbara Zürcher","doi":"10.1159/000530188","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000530188","url":null,"abstract":"Anlässlich der Retraite anfangs September 2022 in Solothurn diskutierte der Vorstand der SMGP das Thema der anstehenden Jahrestagung 2023. Barbara Zürcher, die aktuell zusammen mit Karoline FotinosGraf die Aktivitäten der SSPM in der Romandie und das dortige Komitee leitet, brachte ihr Anliegen, eine Jahrestagung für Phytotherapie der Nachhaltigkeit zu widmen, zur Diskussion. Nach anfänglicher Skepsis liess sich der Vorstand begeistern und unterstützte die Idee. Barbara Zürcher ist als HNO-Ärztin mit eigener Praxis in Neuenburg tätig und lebt mit ihrer Familie auf einem Bio-Bauernhof im Jura. Das Engagement für die Nachhaltigkeit prägt aktuell ihr Leben.","PeriodicalId":10541,"journal":{"name":"Complementary Medicine Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41766726","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Society Bulletins 社会公告
IF 1.8 4区 医学
Complementary Medicine Research Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI: 10.1159/000529285
Francine Lorenz
{"title":"Society Bulletins","authors":"Francine Lorenz","doi":"10.1159/000529285","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000529285","url":null,"abstract":"Der Begriff Rezeptur steht für die Zusammensetzung eines Arzneimittels, das in der Regel in einer Apotheke für einen bestimmten Patienten hergestellt wird, zumeist auf ärztliche Verordnung (sogenannte Magistralrezepturen). Rezepturen, z.B. für Teezubereitungen, werden erstellt, um eine Wirkung zu erzielen, welche diejenige der Einzelkomponenten übertrifft. Neben rein synthetischen Rezepturen gibt es auch rein pflanzliche Rezepturen oder Mischformen. Pflanzliche Rezepturen sollten im Idealfall aus zwei bis fünf Drogen bestehen, aber höchstens sieben bis acht verschiedene Drogen enthalten. Bei höherer Zahl besteht die Gefahr der Unterdosierung der einzelnen Komponenten.","PeriodicalId":10541,"journal":{"name":"Complementary Medicine Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46877145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The Consistency between Registered Acupuncture-Moxibustion Clinical Studies and Their Published Studies and Update Status of Registered Information. 注册针灸临床研究与已发表研究的一致性及注册信息的更新状况。
IF 1.8 4区 医学
Complementary Medicine Research Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1159/000530245
Yali Liu, Shu Wang, Wenjie Chen, Yingxin Tan, Wangqing Dun, Yuan Zhang, Tingting Lu, Xuejing Hou, Jia Liu
{"title":"The Consistency between Registered Acupuncture-Moxibustion Clinical Studies and Their Published Studies and Update Status of Registered Information.","authors":"Yali Liu,&nbsp;Shu Wang,&nbsp;Wenjie Chen,&nbsp;Yingxin Tan,&nbsp;Wangqing Dun,&nbsp;Yuan Zhang,&nbsp;Tingting Lu,&nbsp;Xuejing Hou,&nbsp;Jia Liu","doi":"10.1159/000530245","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000530245","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Few studies have analyzed the consistency between registered acupuncture-moxibustion clinical studies and their published research results as well as their update status of registered information.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We searched for acupuncture-moxibustion clinical studies that were registered at the World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry Platform between 2013 and 2015 and collected data regarding their characteristics and update status. Published results of these registered studies were identified and compared with registered information.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 425 registered acupuncture-moxibustion clinical studies were included; 379 (89.2%) of them were interventional studies, and the remaining 46 (10.8%) were observational studies. Forty-six studies (10.8%) were found to have published results, and 51 published articles were identified. Overall, 73.2% (311) of registered studies did not update the research status in time; 46.6% (198) stopped updating before recruiting; 21.6% (92) stopped updating after recruiting; and 4.9% (21) stopped updating after completion. Regarding the 46 studies with published results, 29 (63.0%) were considered to be affected by reporting bias. These reporting biases predominantly involved the omission of some predefined outcomes or endpoints (16 studies), contradictions regarding descriptions of sample sizes (9 studies), discrepancies in treatment measurements or group distribution (7 studies), and inconsistent treatment durations (4 studies). When compared with other studies, significant and various reporting biases could also be commonly found in fields other than acupuncture-moxibustion.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>There were many discrepancies between registered information and published reports on acupuncture-moxibustion, which could also be commonly observed in other fields. Moreover, a large proportion of registered studies did not update their research status in time. Efforts should be made to improve the reporting quality and timely updates.</p><p><p><title>Hintergrund</title>Es gibt nur wenige Studien, in denen die Übereinstimmung zwischen den registrierten klinischen Studien zur Akupunktur und Moxibustion mit den veröffentlichten Studienergebnissen und dem Aktualisierungsstand der Informationen im Register untersucht wurde.<title>Methoden</title>Wir suchten nach klinischen Studien zur Akupunktur und Moxibustion, die zwischen 2013 und 2015 auf der International Clinical Trials Registry Platform der Weltgesundheitsorganisation registriert wurden, und erhoben Daten zu ihren Merkmalen und ihrem Aktualisierungsstand. Die veröffentlichten Ergebnisse der registrierten Studien wurden identifiziert und mit den Informationen im Register verglichen.<title>Ergebnisse</title>Insgesamt wurden 425 registrierte klinische Studien zur Akupunktur und Moxibustion eingeschlossen, davon waren 379 (89,2 %) Interventionsstudien und ","PeriodicalId":10541,"journal":{"name":"Complementary Medicine Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10575082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Homeopathy for Major Depressive Disorder: Protocol for N-of-1 Studies. 顺势疗法治疗重度抑郁症:N-of-1研究方案
IF 1.8 4区 医学
Complementary Medicine Research Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1159/000531072
Ubiratan Cardinalli Adler, Maristela Schiabel Adler, Amarilys de Toledo Cesar, Helen de Freitas Santos, Patrícia Andréa da Fonseca Magalhães, Renan Dos Santos Nogueira, Eugênio de Moura Campos, Antonio Brazil Viana Júnior, Lia Lira Olivier Sanders
{"title":"Homeopathy for Major Depressive Disorder: Protocol for N-of-1 Studies.","authors":"Ubiratan Cardinalli Adler,&nbsp;Maristela Schiabel Adler,&nbsp;Amarilys de Toledo Cesar,&nbsp;Helen de Freitas Santos,&nbsp;Patrícia Andréa da Fonseca Magalhães,&nbsp;Renan Dos Santos Nogueira,&nbsp;Eugênio de Moura Campos,&nbsp;Antonio Brazil Viana Júnior,&nbsp;Lia Lira Olivier Sanders","doi":"10.1159/000531072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000531072","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>N-of-1 studies allow the formal assessment of a patient's treatment. A single participant receives different interventions the same number of times in a crossover, double-blind, randomized design. Using this methodology, we will investigate the effectiveness and safety of a standardized homeopathy protocol in treating 10 cases of major depression.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The method is described below: Design: crossover double-blind placebo-controlled randomized N-of-1 studies, with at most 28 weeks of duration per participant.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>women and men at age over 18 years with a diagnosis of a major depressive episode given by a psychiatrist, who have presented a therapeutic response, i.e., a reduction ≥50% of the baseline depressive symptoms, self-assessed by the Beck Depression Inventory - Second Edition (BDI-II), and sustained for at least 4 weeks during an open homeopathic treatment following the protocol of the sixth edition of the Organon, with or without concomitant use of psychotropic drugs.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>individualized homeopathy following the same protocol, one globule of the fifty-millesimal potency diluted in 20 mL of 30% alcohol; placebo - 20 mL of 30% alcohol, in the same posology as homeopathy. Crossover study: the participant will go through three consecutive treatment blocks, with two random and masked treatment periods (A or B), corresponding to homeopathy or placebo. Treatment periods will have 2, 4, and 8 weeks in the first, second, and third blocks, respectively. A clinically significant worsening (characterized by an augmentation in BDI-II inclusion score ≥30%) will result in the termination of study participation and resumption of the open treatment.</p><p><strong>Primary measure: </strong>progression of the depressive symptoms, self-assessed by the participant using the BDI-II scale at weeks 0, 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28 and analyzed throughout the study concerning homeopathy and placebo partitions. Secondary measures: score of the Clinical Global Impression Scale; mental and physical health scores assessed by the 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey; participant's blind preference for treatment A or B at each block; clinical worsening; and adverse events.</p><p><strong>Data analysis: </strong>the participant, assistant physician, evaluator, and statistician will remain blinded for the study treatments until the completion of data analysis of each study. We will follow a 10-step procedure for analyzing N-of-1 observational data of each participant and conduct a meta-analysis of the combined results.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>We understand that each N-de-1 study will be a chapter with its teachings in a book of ten, allowing a broader view of the effectiveness of the homeopathy protocol of the sixth edition of the Organon in treating depression.</p><p><p><title>Hintergrund</title>Einzelpatienten- oder „<italic>n</italic> = 1“-Stu","PeriodicalId":10541,"journal":{"name":"Complementary Medicine Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10593322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Acupuncture in the Treatment of Panitumumab Skin Toxicity: A Case Report. 针刺治疗帕尼单抗皮肤毒性1例报告。
IF 1.8 4区 医学
Complementary Medicine Research Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1159/000527853
Tzach Nahumi, Ilana Levy, Elad Schiff, Samuel Attias, Tatiana Amromin, Abed Agbarya
{"title":"Acupuncture in the Treatment of Panitumumab Skin Toxicity: A Case Report.","authors":"Tzach Nahumi,&nbsp;Ilana Levy,&nbsp;Elad Schiff,&nbsp;Samuel Attias,&nbsp;Tatiana Amromin,&nbsp;Abed Agbarya","doi":"10.1159/000527853","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000527853","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Inflammatory skin rash resulting from treatment with epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors may cause physical and mental disabling to patients treated for their oncologic condition and may, in some cases, lead to the cessation of biological treatment.</p><p><strong>Case report: </strong>In this case report, acupuncture treatment was provided to a patient with metastatic colorectal carcinoma who developed skin toxicity from panitumumab including rash, itching, and skin inflammation. Itching, infection, and inflammation symptoms improved significantly following acupuncture, subsequently relapsed following treatment cessation, and improved once again following reintroduction of acupuncture.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Acupuncture may be effective in alleviating panitumumab-related skin inflammatory symptoms.</p>","PeriodicalId":10541,"journal":{"name":"Complementary Medicine Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10777594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Efficacy of Individualized Homeopathic Medicines in the Treatment of Cervical Spondylosis: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial. 个体化顺势疗法治疗颈椎病的疗效:一项双盲、随机、安慰剂对照试验。
IF 1.8 4区 医学
Complementary Medicine Research Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1159/000527523
Maneela Tomar, Nitai Chand Bhowmik, Subhas Singh, Satarupa Sadhukhan, James Michael, Maneet Parewa, Shruti Rai, Bharti Gupta, Himani Vashisht, Pankhuri Misra, Munmun Koley, Subhranil Saha
{"title":"Efficacy of Individualized Homeopathic Medicines in the Treatment of Cervical Spondylosis: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial.","authors":"Maneela Tomar,&nbsp;Nitai Chand Bhowmik,&nbsp;Subhas Singh,&nbsp;Satarupa Sadhukhan,&nbsp;James Michael,&nbsp;Maneet Parewa,&nbsp;Shruti Rai,&nbsp;Bharti Gupta,&nbsp;Himani Vashisht,&nbsp;Pankhuri Misra,&nbsp;Munmun Koley,&nbsp;Subhranil Saha","doi":"10.1159/000527523","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000527523","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Cervical spondylosis (CS) is a degenerative condition of the cervical spine, with approximately 80-90% of people suffering from disc degeneration by the age of 50 years. This trial attempts at evaluating the efficacy of individualized homeopathic medicines (IHMs) against placebos in the treatment of CS.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A 3-month, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial was conducted at the Organon of Medicine outpatient department of the National Institute of Homoeopathy, India. Patients were randomized to receive either IHMs (n = 70) or identical-looking placebos (n = 70) in the mutual context of concomitant conservative and standard physiotherapeutic care. Primary outcome measures were 0-10 Numeric Rating Scales (NRSs) for pain, stiffness, numbness, tingling, weakness, and vertigo, and the secondary outcome was the Neck Disability Index (NDI), measured at baseline and every month until 3 months. The intention-to-treat sample was analyzed to detect group differences and effect sizes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, improvements were clinically significant and higher in the IHM group than the placebo group, but group differences were statistically nonsignificant with small effect sizes (all p > 0.05, two-way repeated measure analysis of variance). After 2 months of time points, improvements observed in the IHM group were significantly higher than placebo on a few occasions (e.g., pain NRS: p < 0.001; stiffness NRS: p = 0.024; weakness NRS: p = 0.003). Sulfur (n = 21; 15%) was the most frequently prescribed medication. No harm, unintended effects, or any serious adverse events were reported from either group.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>An encouraging but nonsignificant direction of effect was elicited favoring IHMs against placebos in the treatment of CS.</p>","PeriodicalId":10541,"journal":{"name":"Complementary Medicine Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10833847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Effects of Modified Baizhu Shaoyao San on Postoperative Diarrhea in Colorectal Cancer Patients: A Single-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial. 白术少药散加减对结直肠癌术后腹泻的影响:单盲、随机对照试验。
IF 1.8 4区 医学
Complementary Medicine Research Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1159/000527706
Menghui Fei, Jiwen Zhang, Cuicui Zhu, Ming Luo, Lina Zhang, Yongmei Wu
{"title":"Effects of Modified Baizhu Shaoyao San on Postoperative Diarrhea in Colorectal Cancer Patients: A Single-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial.","authors":"Menghui Fei,&nbsp;Jiwen Zhang,&nbsp;Cuicui Zhu,&nbsp;Ming Luo,&nbsp;Lina Zhang,&nbsp;Yongmei Wu","doi":"10.1159/000527706","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000527706","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Postoperative gastrointestinal tract dysfunction is considered a common complication affecting patients undergoing intestinal surgery. This research aims to provide evidence to assess the efficacy and safety of Baizhu Shaoyao San (BSS) or modified BSS in treating postoperative diarrhea of colorectal cancer patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Eighty patients with colorectal cancer were randomized within 2 weeks after surgery to receive either modified BSS or Loperamide combined with the respective dummy. The curative effect was evaluated with the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome score. Determination of motilin and gastrin in plasma was conducted utilizing ELISA.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Compared with Loperamide therapy, the efficacy of modified BSS was statistically significant, the TCM syndrome score decreased, and the total effective rate increased. Levels of motilin and gastrin in plasma decreased.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The curative effect and safety of modified BSS were statistically significant.</p>","PeriodicalId":10541,"journal":{"name":"Complementary Medicine Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10833872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Veterinary Naturopathy and Complementary Medicine: A Survey among Homepages of German Veterinary Practitioners. 兽医自然疗法和补充医学:对德国兽医从业人员主页的调查。
IF 1.8 4区 医学
Complementary Medicine Research Pub Date : 2023-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-01-18 DOI: 10.1159/000529209
Ines Stanossek, Axel Wehrend
{"title":"Veterinary Naturopathy and Complementary Medicine: A Survey among Homepages of German Veterinary Practitioners.","authors":"Ines Stanossek, Axel Wehrend","doi":"10.1159/000529209","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000529209","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The use and interest in veterinary naturopathy and complementary medicine are increasing and modes of treatment are diverse. To this point, only a few data on the German situation in small animal medicine exist.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>An online research of 1,083 German veterinary homepages for contents of veterinary naturopathy and complementary medicine was performed in September and October 2017. \"Veterinarian\" and \"Chamber of Veterinary Surgeons\" were used as search items. Homepages of small animal medicine were included. They were surveyed for modes of complementary and naturopathic treatments and corresponding qualifications of the offering veterinarian. Data were collected and processed using Excel 2013 Version 15.0. Afterward, a descriptive data analysis was performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>60.7% (n = 657) of homepages showed contents of veterinary naturopathy and complementary medicine. The highest percentage was found in the Chamber of Veterinary Surgeons of Saarland (91.7%, n = 11 out of 12). Homeopathy was cited most frequently (58%, n = 381). Out of all homepages with relevant content, 31.4% (n = 206) gave information about user qualifications, with continuous education programs named most frequently (52.9%, n = 109).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The given data illustrate the high number of German veterinary homepages with contents of veterinary naturopathy and complementary medicine, corresponding to actual data of a high usage in veterinary and human medicine. Therefore, further scientific research in this field seems reasonable. Modes of treatment and qualifications are highly diverse and despite of controversial public discussions, homeopathy was the most frequently cited treatment modality on German veterinary homepages.</p>","PeriodicalId":10541,"journal":{"name":"Complementary Medicine Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10664323/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9872091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Chronic Therapy-Resistant Neck Pain in a Fifty-Year-Old Man: The Role of Partially Impacted Third Molars - Case Report and New Pathophysiological Insights. 一名50岁男性慢性治疗抵抗性颈部疼痛:部分阻生第三磨牙的作用-病例报告和新的病理生理学见解。
IF 1.8 4区 医学
Complementary Medicine Research Pub Date : 2023-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-01-23 DOI: 10.1159/000529293
Lucy Naomi Shiratori Tusita, Lorenz Fischer
{"title":"Chronic Therapy-Resistant Neck Pain in a Fifty-Year-Old Man: The Role of Partially Impacted Third Molars - Case Report and New Pathophysiological Insights.","authors":"Lucy Naomi Shiratori Tusita, Lorenz Fischer","doi":"10.1159/000529293","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000529293","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Inflammatory and mechanical stimuli in tooth/jaw pathologies can have far-reaching consequences via trigeminal and autonomic circuitry and can cause systemic (e.g., autoimmune) diseases and pain conditions outside the tooth/jaw region. In addition to a case report, we also describe new pathophysiological findings.</p><p><strong>Case report: </strong>We report on a patient with chronic, therapy-resistant neck pain whose cause lied in the tooth/jaw region, specifically, in wisdom teeth with space problems, and partially impacted. The tooth/jaw area itself was not painful; however, neck pain developed via the nucleus spinalis n. trigemini which extends into the cervical medulla. Surgical restoration of the wisdom teeth and subsequent neural therapy treatment of the extraction scars provided permanent pain relief.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In case of therapy-resistant neck pain (among others), it is worthwhile to look for pathologies in the dental/jaw area, possibly allowing for a causal therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":10541,"journal":{"name":"Complementary Medicine Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10664328/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9926343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 2
Improvement of Spinocerebellar Ataxia 3 Symptoms Treated with Eurythmy Therapy: A Case Vignette. Eurythmy疗法治疗脊髓角性共济失调3个症状的改善:一例Vignette。
IF 1.8 4区 医学
Complementary Medicine Research Pub Date : 2023-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-07-29 DOI: 10.1159/000532120
Katharina Gerlach
{"title":"Improvement of Spinocerebellar Ataxia 3 Symptoms Treated with Eurythmy Therapy: A Case Vignette.","authors":"Katharina Gerlach","doi":"10.1159/000532120","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000532120","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 58-year-old male with genetically confirmed spinocerebellar ataxia 3 was treated with 10 sessions of eurythmy therapy. He was rated 9 on the \"Scale for Assessment and Rating of Ataxia\" before therapy started. Among movement and mental symptoms, he complained about sleep disturbances, insensitivity in the feet, and spasms in the legs. The patient was asked to build strong inner images as a basis for the eurythmy therapy movement exercises. After 10 sessions, he reported improvement in sleep disturbances, insensitivity in the feet, and spasms in the legs. He improved to 7.5 points on the \"Scale for Assessment and Rating of Ataxia\". In the 3 months, before starting and during eurythmy therapy, the patient did not alter the only medication taken (Bryophyllum 50% powder) and did not undergo any other therapy.</p><p><p>Ein 58-jähriger Mann mit genetisch bestätigter spinozerebellärer Ataxie 3 wurde mit 10 Sitzungen Heileurythmie behandelt. Vor Beginn der Therapie wurde er auf der “Scale for Assessment and Rating of Ataxia” mit 9 bewertet. Neben Bewegungs- und psychischen Symptomen klagte er über Schlafstörungen, Unempfindlichkeit in den Füßen und Spasmen in den Beinen. Der Patient wurde aufgefordert, starke innere Bilder als Grundlage für die heileurythmischen Bewegungsübungen aufzubauen. Nach 10 Sitzungen berichtete er über eine Verbesserung der Schlafstörungen, der Unempfindlichkeit in den Füßen und der Spasmen in den Beinen. Er verbesserte sich auf 7.5 Punkte auf der “Scale for Assessment and Rating of Ataxia”. Während der drei Monate vor Beginn und während der Eurythmie Therapie änderte der Patient seine Medikation nicht (Bryophyllum 50% Pulver) und unterzog sich keiner weiteren Therapie.</p>","PeriodicalId":10541,"journal":{"name":"Complementary Medicine Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9894519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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