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- Tailored interventions based on sputum eosinophils versus clinical symptoms for asthma in children and adults
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 12-May-2009
Asthma severity and control can be measured both subjectively and objectively. Sputum analysis for evaluation of percentage of sputum eosinophilia directly measures airway inflammation, and is one method of objectively monitoring asthma. Interventions for
- Therapeutic touch for anxiety disorders
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 4-Nov-2008
Anxiety disorders are a common occurrence in today's society. There is interest from the community in the use of complementary therapies for anxiety disorders. This review examined the currently available evidence supporting the use of therapeutic touch i
- Therapeutic touch for healing acute wounds
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 25-Jul-2014
Therapeutic Touch (TT) is an alternative therapy that has gained popularity over the past two decades for helping wounds to heal. Practitioners enter a meditative state and pass their hands above the patient's body to find and correct any imbalances in th
- Therapeutic ultrasound for acute ankle sprains
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 5-May-2011
Ultrasound is used in the treatment of a wide variety of musculoskeletal disorders, which include acute ankle sprains. This is an update of a Cochrane review first published in 1999, and previously updated in 2004.
- Therapeutic ultrasound for osteoarthritis of the knee or hip
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 11-Nov-2009
Osteoarthritis is the most common form of joint disease and the leading cause of pain and physical disability in the elderly. Therapeutic ultrasound is one of several physical therapy modalities suggested for the management of pain and loss of function du
- Therapeutic ultrasound for postpartum perineal pain and dyspareunia
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 11-Aug-2009
Proponents of therapeutic ultrasound suggest it can decrease pain by resolution of inflammation processes and reducing the pressure on pain sensitive structures by haematoma and oedema.
- Therapeutic ultrasound for pressure ulcers
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 10-Aug-2009
Pressure ulcers have been recorded as occurring in 5 to 32% of patients admitted to a UK District General Hospital (the precise rate depends on case-mix) and 4 to 7% in the community. They represent a major burden of sickness and reduced quality of life f
- Therapeutic ultrasound for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 24-May-2010
Ultrasound is often used by rehabilitation specialists as an adjunct therapy for the symptomatic treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Its mechanical energy has anti-inflammatory as well as analgesic properties.
- Therapeutic ultrasound for treating patellofemoral pain syndrome
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 8-Jan-2013
Therapeutic ultrasound is one of several rehabilitation interventions suggested for the management of pain due to patellofemoral knee pain syndrome.
- Therapeutic ultrasound for venous leg ulcers
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 9-Nov-2011
Venous leg ulcers pose a significant burden for patients and healthcare systems. Ultrasound (US) may be a useful treatment for these ulcers.
- Thermotherapy for treating rheumatoid arthritis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 5-Sep-2011
Thermotherapy is often used as adjunct in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by rehabilitation specialists.
- Tiagabine add-on for drug-resistant partial epilepsy
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 4-Feb-2014
Epilepsy is a common neurological condition that affects almost 0.5% to 1% of the population. Nearly 30% of people with epilepsy are resistant to currently available drugs. Tiagabine is one of the newer antiepileptic drugs; its effects as an adjunct (add-
- Ticlopidine versus oral anticoagulation for coronary stenting
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 29-Nov-2012
A two to four week course of ticlopidine plus aspirin following coronary stenting is considered effective in preventing thrombotic occlusion of the stented vessel and safe in regards to bleeding and peripheral vascular complications. However, rare, althou
- Transcutaneous electrostimulation for suspected placental insufficiency (diagnosed by Doppler studies)
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 2-Aug-2009
Transcutaneous electrostimulation is thought to be able to improve blood flow and so it has been suggested that it may help to promote fetal growth.
- Ultrasound versus 'clinical touch' for catheter guidance during embryo transfer in women
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 10-Mar-2016
Many women undergoing an assisted reproductive technology (ART) cycle will not achieve a live birth. Failure at the embryo transfer stage may be due to lack of good-quality embryo/s, lack of uterine receptivity, or the transfer technique itself. Numerous
- Ursodeoxycholic acid for primary biliary cirrhosis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-Nov-2012
Ursodeoxycholic acid is administered to patients with primary biliary cirrhosis, a chronic progressive inflammatory autoimmune-mediated liver disease with unknown aetiology. Despite its controversial effects, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has appr
- Visual feedback of individuals' medical imaging results for changing health behaviour
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 10-Nov-2009
Feedback of medical imaging results can reveal visual evidence of actual bodily harm attributable to a given behaviour. This may offer a particularly promising approach to motivating changes in health behaviour to decrease risk. Applicable behaviours incl
