Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Chronic Conditions and Injuries

Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for treatments for chronic conditions and injuries.

 

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Title:   Opioids for chronic low-back pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Opioids are pain relievers that act on the central nervous system. If used over a long period of time, they may become habit-forming. Opioids are used to relieve pain in a growing number of conditions, including the treatment of chronic low-back pain (L...
Date:   Mar 2007
Title:   Fluid replacement therapy for acute episodes of pain in people with sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Sickle cell disease is a common genetic disorder that is characterised by lifelong periodic and recurrent episodes of pain due to obstruction of blood vessels by sickled cells. The pain may range from a mild discomfort to severe incapacitating pain requ...
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Lamotrigine for acute and chronic pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Nerves which have been damaged by injury or a disease process, or both, can continue to produce pain. Some anticonvulsant drugs can help in this type of neuropathic pain, but limited evidence shows that lamotrigine is not effective in this type of pain....
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Low level laser therapy for nonspecific low-back pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Low level laser therapy (LLLT) is a therapeutic intervention for back pain that is used by some physiotherapists. Low level laser therapy is a non-invasive light source treatment that generates a single wavelength of light. It emits no heat, sound, or v...
Date:   Jan 2007
Title:   Prolotherapy injections for chronic low-back pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This review included five studies that examined the effects of prolotherapy injections on 366 patients with low-back pain that had lasted for longer than three months. Because these studies used different types of prolotherapy injections and different t...
Date:   Jan 2007
Title:   Bicyclol for chronic hepatitis C
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Evidence on beneficial or harmful effects of bicyclol for chronic hepatitis C is not found. Bicyclol is a novel synthetic 'anti-hepatitis' drug, used primarily in China for patients with chronic hepatitis C. Only one small, short-term randomised clinical ...
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Follow-up strategies for patients treated for non-metastatic colorectal cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   For patients with colorectal cancer treated with curative intent, intensive follow up is associated with improved all-cause survival. However, from the randomised trials completed and reported to date, it is not clear what constitutes the optimal follow...
Date:   Aug 2006
Title:   Bicyclol for chronic hepatitis B
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Evidence on beneficial or harmful effects of bicyclol for chronic hepatitis C is not found. Bicyclol is a novel synthetic 'anti-hepatitis' drug, used primarily in China for patients with chronic hepatitis B. No well-designed randomised clinical trials wer...
Date:   Aug 2006
Title:   Specialist home-based nursing services for children with acute and chronic illnesses
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Specialist paediatric home-based nursing services for children with acute and chronic illnesses can potentially reduce hospital admission and length of stay, enhance health care in the community and reduce stress for families at the time of their child'...
Date:   Aug 2006
Title:   Non surgical therapy for anal fissure
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Anal fissure is a painful ulcer usually occurring in the posterior midline of the skin just outside the entry to the rectum. Its persistence is due to spasm of the internal sphincter muscle. Relief with healing of chronic fissures until very recently ha...
Date:   Jul 2006
Title:   Interventions for treating collagenous colitis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Budesonide is a corticosteroid drug that is rapidly metabolized by the liver thereby reducing corticosteroid related side effects. This review shows that budesonide is effective for treating chronic diarrhea associated with collagenous colitis over a 6...
Date:   Jun 2006
Title:   Electromagnetic therapy for treating pressure ulcers
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Pressure ulcers (also called bed sores, decubitus ulcers or pressure sores) are sores on the skin caused by pressure or rubbing. They usually affect immobile people, on the bony parts of their bodies that stick out, such as hips, heels and elbows, and t...
Date:   Dec 2005
Title:   Positive expiratory pressure physiotherapy for airway clearance in people with cystic fibrosis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Cystic fibrosis (CF) causes frequent respiratory infection and blocks the airways with mucus secretions. Chest physiotherapy is frequently used to try to clear these secretions out of the lungs. Positive expiratory pressure (PEP) devices provide pressur...
Date:   Dec 2005
Title:   Topical antibiotics without steroids for chronically discharging ears with underlying eardrum perforations
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is an infection of the middle ear with pus and a persistent perforation in the eardrum. It is a common cause of preventable hearing impairment, particularly in low and middle-income countries. This review assesses...
Date:   Aug 2005
Title:   Propylthiouracil for alcoholic liver disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The majority of liver diseases are caused by alcohol in the Western world. Propylthiouracil - an antithyroid drug that is used for patients with raised metabolism - has been suggested as treatment for alcoholic liver disease. This systematic review coul...
Date:   Aug 2005
Title:   Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for chronic low-back pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   A systematic review of randomized-controlled trials (two trials, 175 patients) was conducted to examine the effectiveness of TENS in treating chronic low-back pain. The available evidence supporting the use of TENS as an isolated treatment modality is l...
Date:   May 2005
Title:   Exercise therapy for treatment of non-specific low back pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Exercise therapy appears to be slightly effective at decreasing pain and improving function in adults with chronic low-back pain, particularly in populations visiting a healthcare provider. In adults with subacute low-back pain there is some evidence th...
Date:   Apr 2005
Title:   Drugs versus placebo for dysthymia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The reviewers found that the quality of the reviewed reports was poor, as some important information had been omitted (design of the studies, analysis and generalisability). However, they concluded that tricyclic antidepressants, selective serotonin re...
Date:   Feb 2005
Title:   Behavioural treatment for chronic low-back pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   In this systematic review 21 studies were included. The results showed that a combined respondent-cognitive therapy and a progressive relaxation therapy alone are more effective than waiting list control for short-term pain relief. No significant differ...
Date:   Oct 2004
Title:   Cytotoxic drugs and interferons for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy is an uncommon disease causing progressive or relapsing and remitting weakness and numbness of the arms and legs. It is due to inflammation in the nerves which damages the insulating sheaths (mye...
Date:   Jul 2004
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