Search for dissertations about: "acupuncture"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 41 swedish dissertations containing the word acupuncture.

  2. 21. Intramuscular or periosteal acupuncture for patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain in the neck and low back : effects on pain, physical and psychological functioning

    Author : Ylva Hansson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Acupuncture; Chronic nociceptive pain; Neck pain; Low back pain Non-parametric statistics;

    Abstract : Background: Periosteal acupuncture has shown promising results in the clinic. No studies of effects in patients with chronic pain in the neck and low back are today available. Aims: The main purpose was to compare intramuscular and periosteal acupuncture. READ MORE

  4. 22. Adrenoceptors and nerve growth factor. Effects of electro-acupuncture and physical exercise in rats with steroid-induced polycystic ovaries

    Author : Luigi Manni; Göteborgs universitet; []
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    Abstract : Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is complex endocrine and metabolic disorder associated with ovulatory dysfunction, follicular cyst and hyperandrogenism. The abnormalities detected in PCOS have been attributed to primary defects in the hypothalamic-pituitary unit, the ovarian microenvironment, the adrenal gland, and the insulin/insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 metabolic regulatory system. READ MORE

  5. 23. Infants with colic - Parents’ experiences in short and long perspectives and the effect of acupuncture treatment on crying, feeding, stooling and sleep

    Author : Kajsa Landgren; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Baby; Interviews; Infantile Colic; Crying; Content analysis; randomised; stooling; feeding; phenomenological hermeneutic; Parents’ experiences; Long term effects;

    Abstract : Infantile colic, involving an otherwise healthy infant crying and fussing more than three hours per day and more than three days per week, is a common problem in Western countries. Both the infant and the parents suffer during the months of persistent crying and there is a risk that the establishing of the early relationship might be disturbed. READ MORE

  6. 24. Contributions of calcitonin gene-related peptide in ischemia, inflammation and nociception

    Author : Gunilla Brodda Jansen; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : 5-hydroxytryptamine; acupuncture; blood flow; calcitonin gene-related pep- tide; edema formation; histamine; inflammation; ischemia; mast cells; neuropeptides; neutrophils; nociception; sensory stimulation; substance P; surgical flaps; withdrawal res;

    Abstract : The sensory neuropeptide Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is a very potent vasodilator with a wide distribution in peripheral sensory nerves, often co-stored with substance P. In the present study, the effects of CGRP in different models of ischemia, inflammation and nociception were examined. READ MORE

  7. 25. Patients with subacromial pain : Diagnosis, treatment and outcome in primary care

    Author : Kajsa Johansson; Mats Foldevi; Lars Adolfsson; Karin Harms-Ringdahl; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; evidence based medicine; general practitioners; physiotherapy; rotator cuff; shoulder impingement syndrome; Family medicine; Allmänmedicin;

    Abstract : Syftet med avhandlingen var att beskriva diagnostiken och utvärdera handläggningen i primärvård av patienter med subacromial smärta.Avhandlingen omfattar fyra studier. READ MORE