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Touching body, soul, and spirit? Understanding external applications from integrative medicine: A mixed methods systematic review
INTRODUCTION: External applications from anthroposophic medicine (EAAM) are touch-based applications such as rhythmical massages, embrocations, and compresses that serve as components of complementary treatment concepts for various diseases. The aim of this review is to gain an understanding of typi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9813495/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36619637 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.960960 |
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author | Mühlenpfordt, Inga Blakeslee, Sarah B. Everding, Janina Cramer, Holger Seifert, Georg Stritter, Wiebke |
author_facet | Mühlenpfordt, Inga Blakeslee, Sarah B. Everding, Janina Cramer, Holger Seifert, Georg Stritter, Wiebke |
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description | INTRODUCTION: External applications from anthroposophic medicine (EAAM) are touch-based applications such as rhythmical massages, embrocations, and compresses that serve as components of complementary treatment concepts for various diseases. The aim of this review is to gain an understanding of typical indications and outcomes and to systematically assess the effectiveness and safety of EAAM. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Medline/PubMed, CINAHL, the Cochrane Library, Embase, and PsycINFO were searched through May 2021 and supplemented by searches in specialized databases and personal requests to experts in the field. Studies and case reports on EAAM in patients, as well as healthy individuals, were included in the qualitative synthesis. Outcome parameters depending on each study were grouped as effect themes and assigned to study clusters using Thematic Analysis for a thematic overview of effect patterns. RESULTS: Four RCTs, 7 cohort studies, 1 mixed-methods, 1 retrospective, 4 qualitative studies, 3 case series, and 25 case reports on EAAM were identified. The analysis indicated various effects of EAAM on physiological as well as psychological health indicators and patterns of effect development. Study quality was found to be high for only 2 studies, and moderate for 1 study, and all remaining 45 studies showed a moderate or high risk of bias or were not ratable with used rating tools. CONCLUSION: The included studies present a wide range of potential indications for EAAM, while showing methodological drawbacks. To determine whether EAAM can be considered an effective treatment option, clinical studies exploring the effect of different EAAM modalities on defined patient groups are recommended for the future. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: [https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=214030], identifier [CRD42020214030]. |
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spelling | pubmed-98134952023-01-06 Touching body, soul, and spirit? Understanding external applications from integrative medicine: A mixed methods systematic review Mühlenpfordt, Inga Blakeslee, Sarah B. Everding, Janina Cramer, Holger Seifert, Georg Stritter, Wiebke Front Med (Lausanne) Medicine INTRODUCTION: External applications from anthroposophic medicine (EAAM) are touch-based applications such as rhythmical massages, embrocations, and compresses that serve as components of complementary treatment concepts for various diseases. The aim of this review is to gain an understanding of typical indications and outcomes and to systematically assess the effectiveness and safety of EAAM. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Medline/PubMed, CINAHL, the Cochrane Library, Embase, and PsycINFO were searched through May 2021 and supplemented by searches in specialized databases and personal requests to experts in the field. Studies and case reports on EAAM in patients, as well as healthy individuals, were included in the qualitative synthesis. Outcome parameters depending on each study were grouped as effect themes and assigned to study clusters using Thematic Analysis for a thematic overview of effect patterns. RESULTS: Four RCTs, 7 cohort studies, 1 mixed-methods, 1 retrospective, 4 qualitative studies, 3 case series, and 25 case reports on EAAM were identified. The analysis indicated various effects of EAAM on physiological as well as psychological health indicators and patterns of effect development. Study quality was found to be high for only 2 studies, and moderate for 1 study, and all remaining 45 studies showed a moderate or high risk of bias or were not ratable with used rating tools. CONCLUSION: The included studies present a wide range of potential indications for EAAM, while showing methodological drawbacks. To determine whether EAAM can be considered an effective treatment option, clinical studies exploring the effect of different EAAM modalities on defined patient groups are recommended for the future. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: [https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=214030], identifier [CRD42020214030]. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9813495/ /pubmed/36619637 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.960960 Text en Copyright © 2022 Mühlenpfordt, Blakeslee, Everding, Cramer, Seifert and Stritter. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Medicine Mühlenpfordt, Inga Blakeslee, Sarah B. Everding, Janina Cramer, Holger Seifert, Georg Stritter, Wiebke Touching body, soul, and spirit? Understanding external applications from integrative medicine: A mixed methods systematic review |
title | Touching body, soul, and spirit? Understanding external applications from integrative medicine: A mixed methods systematic review |
title_full | Touching body, soul, and spirit? Understanding external applications from integrative medicine: A mixed methods systematic review |
title_fullStr | Touching body, soul, and spirit? Understanding external applications from integrative medicine: A mixed methods systematic review |
title_full_unstemmed | Touching body, soul, and spirit? Understanding external applications from integrative medicine: A mixed methods systematic review |
title_short | Touching body, soul, and spirit? Understanding external applications from integrative medicine: A mixed methods systematic review |
title_sort | touching body, soul, and spirit? understanding external applications from integrative medicine: a mixed methods systematic review |
topic | Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9813495/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36619637 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.960960 |
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