Evaluation of the effects of neural therapy in patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia

Altınbilek, Turgay; Terzi, Rabia; Başaran, Aynur; Tolu, Sena; Küçüksaraç, Seher

doi:10.5606/tftrd.2019.1931

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confidence: 90%

“…Another study compared neural therapy with the exercise group and found that the improvements were more significant in the neural therapy group, which is in accordance with the findings of the present study. 11 In a different study evaluating the efficacy of neural therapy in fibromyalgia, 113 fibromyalgia patients were retrospectively evaluated. When these patients were assessed after neural therapy, significant improvement was observed in a majority of the patients after treatment and this was observed at 17.7 ± 15.4 months.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…19,20,22 There are only two studies in the literature that investigated the effect of neural therapy as a complementary medicinal method in fibromyalgia. 11,12 The present study evaluated the short term effects of two treatment modalities in women with fibromyalgia, who underwent neural therapy or physical therapy. Only female patients were included in the study because of a higher incidence of the disease in women.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As a complementary treatment method, neural therapy has been applied in Europe, especially in Germany, for many years 8‐10 . In the literature, there are only two studies assessing the effectiveness of neural therapy in fibromyalgia 11,12 . Therefore, in this study we aimed to investigate the efficacy of neural therapy in treating fibromyalgia syndrome which is thought to be a neuroendocrine dysregulation.…”

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Neural therapy for fibromyalgia: Myth or improving quality of life?

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Atan

2020

Int J Clin Pract

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Background Fibromyalgia is a common rheumatic disease, which is thought to be a neuroendocrine dysregulation disorder. Patients’ quality of life (QOL) is severely affected by this disease. Though neural therapy, as a treatment option, attempts to correct the underlying neuroendocrine dysfunction, yet there is no proven evidence of its effect on this disease. The present study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of neural therapy on pain and functionality in patients with fibromyalgia. Methods The study was a 1‐year retrospective cohort study and held in physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics. A total of 60 female patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia were included. Sixty female patients with fibromyalgia were included in this study. Patients were divided into two groups; the first group (n = 30) received neural therapy, the second group (n = 30) received conventional physical therapy and each of the two groups received the same home exercise (stretching, strengthening and aerobic exercises) programme for four weeks. The primer outcomes were visual analogue scale (VAS), Short Form‐36 (SF‐36) and Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) scores after the treatment. Results The social functioning score exhibited a significant improvement only in the intra‐group comparison of the neural therapy group (P < .001). However, after treatment, the VAS, FIQ and all the SF‐36 parameters, except role limitations because of physical health, were detected to be significantly improved in the neural therapy group compared with the exercise group (P < .001). Conclusions Neural therapy may be an effective alternative treatment for improving the QOL in patients with fibromyalgia.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Neural therapy for fibromyalgia: Myth or improving quality of life?

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Atan

2020

Int J Clin Pract

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“…It is designed to neutralize irritations and repair dysfunctions of the autonomic nervous system by injection treatment of lidocaine to stimulate healing, it is effective in treatment of chronic pain, 126 multiple sclerosis 127 and fibromyalgia. 128…”

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Integrative Medicine: A Health Paradigm of the Future

Cáceres¹

2019

Int J Phytocos Nat Ingred

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Integrative medicine is a medical approach for health and healing which integrates mainstream therapies (conventional), with traditional, complementary and alternative medicines (CAM). It is intended to support those therapies with defined procedures with safety and efficacy so it is considered evidenced-based, but with a holistic and preventive approach. Since late 20th century the interaction of therapists and techniques lead to the recognition of this integrative concept. It is classified into five categories or domains: Alternative medical systems (Ayurveda, Chinese, Kempo), natural products or biological therapies (phytotherapy, trophotherapy, aromatherapy, zootherapy), main-body medicine (yoga, meditation, hypnotherapy), body manipulation practices (chiropractic, massage, shiatzu, lymphatic drainage) and movement-energy therapies (qui gong, reiki, tai chi quan). This approach is expanding among leading universities and is being articulated with conventional medicine for improving public and private health systems worldwide, increasing available therapies from cultural, economic and ecological points of view. It is expected that this concept will lead modern health approach for patients satisfaction, improving health care systems in developing countries and providing fair access to health and beauty by everybody.

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