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Clinical Effects of Thai Herbal Compress: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Overview of attention for article published in Evidence-based Complementary & Alternative Medicine (eCAM), March 2015
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Title
Clinical Effects of Thai Herbal Compress: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Published in
Evidence-based Complementary & Alternative Medicine (eCAM), March 2015
DOI 10.1155/2015/942378
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Teerapon Dhippayom, Chuenjid Kongkaew, Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk, Piyameth Dilokthornsakul, Rosarin Sruamsiri, Surasak Saokaew, Anchalee Chuthaputti

Abstract

Objective. To determine the clinical effects of Thai herbal compress. Methods. International and Thai databases were searched from inception through September 2014. Comparative clinical studies investigating herbal compress for any indications were included. Outcomes of interest included level of pain, difficulties in performing activities, and time from delivery to milk secretion. Mean changes of the outcomes from baseline were compared between herbal compress and comparators by calculating mean difference. Results. A total of 13 studies which involved 778 patients were selected from 369 articles identified. The overall effects of Thai herbal compress on reducing osteoarthritis (OA) and muscle pain were not different from those of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, knee exercise, and hot compress. However, the reduction of OA pain in the herbal compress group tended to be higher than that of any comparators (weighted mean difference 0.419; 95% CI -0.004, 0.842) with moderate heterogeneity (I (2) = 58.3%, P = 0.048). When compared with usual care, herbal compress provided significantly less time from delivery to milk secretion in postpartum mothers (mean difference -394.425 minutes; 95% CI -620.084, -168.766). Conclusion. Thai herbal compress may be considered as an alternative for osteoarthritis and muscle pain and could also be used as a treatment of choice to induce lactation.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 121 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 17 14%
Student > Bachelor 11 9%
Researcher 7 6%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 6%
Lecturer 6 5%
Other 16 13%
Unknown 57 47%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 18 15%
Medicine and Dentistry 13 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 5%
Social Sciences 4 3%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 4 3%
Other 10 8%
Unknown 66 55%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 February 2023.
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#7,968,106
of 25,394,764 outputs
Outputs from Evidence-based Complementary & Alternative Medicine (eCAM)
#2,089
of 9,352 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#86,468
of 274,469 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Evidence-based Complementary & Alternative Medicine (eCAM)
#66
of 206 outputs
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