Since time immemorial, complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) have played a significant role in human health care. CAM is known to have a strong reputation and reliability within every culture to provide basic health care treatment for patients. CAM acts as a better therapeutic option in human being for treating various diseases and improving quality of life with apt consideration to the economic aspects. Acupressure, one of the known CAM, originated in ancient China is based on the principal of acupoints activation across the meridians which correct the imbalance between Activation of specific points on the meridians is known to facilitate reduction of pain at the local sites. It also reduces the pain from other body parts. This review outlines various types, devices and mechanisms involved in the acupressure treatment.
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Semin Arthritis Rheum
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Department of Rheumatology and Joint and Bone Research Unit. Fundación Jiménez Díaz University Hospital and Health Research Institute Fundación Jiménez Díaz (IIS-FJD, UAM), Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address:
Purpose: The primary objective of this prospective, longitudinal, observational, single-centre study was to evaluate the association between ultrasound-assessed lesions of dactylitis and the diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in patients with psoriasis (PsO) and hand arthralgia.
Methods: We included adult patients diagnosed with PsO with hand arthralgia, with or without other musculoskeletal complaints. They were clinically assessed at baseline, 6 and 12 months by a rheumatologist blinded to the ultrasound findings.
Behav Res Ther
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Rogers Behavioral Health, Research Center, Oconomowoc WI & Philadelphia PA, 34700 Valley Rd, Oconomowoc, WI, 53066, USA. Electronic address:
The presentation of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) characterized by fear of aversive consequences of eating (fear-ARFID) has both phenomenological and mechanistic similarities to panic disorder. In this narrative review, we propose a shared model of the pathogenesis of the two disorders, centered on interoceptive sensitivity as the key maintenance mechanism. We review the evidence that fear-ARFID, which involves restrictive eating motivated by a desire to avoid aversive events (e.
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Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Biomolecular Systems, Am Mühlenberg 1, Research Campus Golm, 14476, Potsdam, GERMANY.
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Departments of1Neurological Surgery.
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Methods: A systematic review was conducted following the PRISMA guidelines.
J Am Acad Orthop Surg
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From the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (Harrer, Hedden, Gentile, Gealt, and Brown), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cooper University Health Care, and the Cooper University Health Care (Mikaeili and Bazrafshan), Camden, NJ.
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