Traditional Medicine and Complementary/Alternative Medicine guidelines

Traditional Medicine and Complementary/Alternative Medicine

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Musculoskeletal diseases

Australia, New Zealand

• Royal Australasian College of Physicians

  • Chronic fatigue syndrome [2002]

Sweden

• Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care

  • Back and Neck Pain [2000]

United Kingdom

• Health Technology Assessment

  • The clinical effectiveness of glucosamine and chondroitin supplements in slowing or arresting progression of osteoarthritis of the knee: a systematic review and economic evaluation [2009]

• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

  • Low back pain [2009]

United States of America

• American College of Physicians

  • Nonpharmacologic Therapies for Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain: A Review of the Evidence for an American Pain Society/American College of Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline [2007]

  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Joint Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society [2007]

• American College of Rheumatology

  • Position Statement on 'Complementary' and 'Alternative' Therapies for Rheumatic Diseases [2008]

Articles in journals

• Alternative Medicine Review

  • Plantar fasciitis: diagnosis and therapeutic considerations [2005]

• American Family Physician

  • Dietary Supplements for Osteoarthritis [2008]

  • Temporomandibular Joint Disorders [2007]

  • Evaluation and Treatment of Acute Low Back Pain [2007]

  • Low Back Pain [2002]

• American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

  • Evening primrose oil and borage oil in rheumatologic conditions [2000]

• Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore

  • Myofascial pain--an overview [2007]

• Arthritis Research & Therapy

  • Is Phytalgic(R) a goldmine for osteoarthritis patients or is there something fishy about this nutraceutical? A summary of findings and risk of bias assessment [2010]

• BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

  • Short-term efficacy of physical interventions in osteoarthritic knee pain. A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised placebo-controlled trials [2007]

• British Medical Journal

  • Treatment of tennis elbow: the evidence [2003]

  • Tennis elbow [2003]

  • Medical management of osteoarthritis [2000]

• Canadian Medical Association Journal

  • Rheumatology: 7. Basics of therapy [2000]

• European Spine Journal

  • A systematic review on the effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicine for chronic non-specific low-back pain [2010]

• Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

  • Management of Osteoarthritic Knee Pain [2005]

• Medical Journal of Australia

  • Management of chronic low back pain [2004]

• Physical Therapy

  • Physical Therapy Interventions for Patients With Osteoarthritis of the Knee: An Overview of Systematic Reviews [2008]

  • Effectiveness of Nonpharmacological and Nonsurgical Interventions for Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Overview of Systematic Reviews [2007]

• Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice

  • Prolotherapy in Primary Care Practice [2010]

• QJM

  • Systematic review of the nutritional supplement Perna Canaliculus (green-lipped mussel) in the treatment of osteoarthritis [2008]

• Rheumatology

  • Non-drug care for RA—is the era of evidence-based practice approaching? [2007]

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