| Title |
Impact of electroacupuncture on quality of lifefor patients with Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis under treatment with immunomodulators: A randomized study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6882-12-209 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Juan G Quispe-Cabanillas, Alfredo Damasceno, Felipe von Glehn, Carlos O Brandão, Benito P Damasceno, Wanderley D Silveira, Leonilda MB Santos |
| Abstract |
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex autoimmune disease mediated by an immune response to central nervous system antigens. Modern immunomodulatory therapies, however, do not ameliorate many of the symptoms, such as pain and depression. Patients thus seek alternative treatments, such as acupuncture, although the benefits of such treatments have not been objectively evaluated. The present study was thus designed to evaluate the effect of the use of acupuncture in the alleviation of the symptoms of patients with MS. |
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| United States | 10 | 56% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 11% |
| Spain | 1 | 6% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 4 | 22% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 15 | 83% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 17% |
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| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 121 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
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| Student > Master | 17 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 17 | 14% |
| Researcher | 10 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 28 | 23% |
| Unknown | 34 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 47 | 38% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 18 | 15% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 3% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 2% |
| Unspecified | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 11 | 9% |
| Unknown | 37 | 30% |
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