Backgroundand Aim:Using simulation in learning medical interventions is a common practice.Simulation techniques provided a safe environment for trainees and students to acquire clinical skills and knowledge to practic...Backgroundand Aim:Using simulation in learning medical interventions is a common practice.Simulation techniques provided a safe environment for trainees and students to acquire clinical skills and knowledge to practice in a real clinical environment.The aim of this review is to assess the use of health simulation in the field of complementary medicine education.Methods:Three medical databases were searched from inception to 15 November 2021.The inclusion criteria were clinical trials that used simulation in the field of complementary medicine training and in English language and the full text can be retrieved.Results:After searching,495 articles were retrieved,235 articles were excluded for duplication and 249 articles were excluded after screening of titles/abstracts and applying inclusion and exclusion criteria.Finally,11 articles were included in this review.These clinical trials had 719 participants and reported positive impact of using simulation in complementary medicine education.Conclusion:Simulation wasused for training of some complementary medicine therapies such as chiropractic,acupuncture,massage therapy,cupping therapy and osteopathy.Using simulation in complementary medicine education is recommended to ensure a safe environment for training.Conducting high quality clinical trials to evaluate the use of simulation in complementary medicine education is highly recommended.展开更多
Cupping therapy is an ancient healing modality that has been used for thousands of years.There are two types of sham cupping techniques:passive type which used no suction,and active type which suction was rapidly rele...Cupping therapy is an ancient healing modality that has been used for thousands of years.There are two types of sham cupping techniques:passive type which used no suction,and active type which suction was rapidly released through a hole on the top of the cup.This narrative review aimed to identify limitations and suggest enhancements in the current use of active sham cupping therapy technique.Three medical databases were searched for identification of clinical trials that used active sham cupping device.201 published papers were retrieved.195 papers were excluded after applying inclusion/exclusion criteria.Finally,6 clinical trials were selected for this review.This paper identified multiple limitations of the active sham cupping procedure which include failure of blinding,heterogenicity of the characteristics of used devices including heterogenicity in reporting active sham cupping intervention,and the limitation of the sham technique to be used for dry cupping only.The recommended enhancements included using bigger cups holes for release of suction,standardization of characteristics of used sham devices,standardization in reporting,and suggesting recruiting patients without prior experience of cupping for better blindness success in sham cupping clinical trials.This paper suggested reporting criteria for sham cupping clinical trials.In conclusion,this paper identified the limitations of the current sham cupping technique and suggesting enhancements regarding active sham cupping technique.Continues evaluation of the current active sham cupping technique and development of new sham cupping devices and techniques for various types of cupping therapy are highly recommended.展开更多
We studied the homeostatic equilibrium of the healthy organism. The homeostasis is controlled by oppositely effective physiologic feedback signal-pairs in various time-scales. We show the entropy of every signal in th...We studied the homeostatic equilibrium of the healthy organism. The homeostasis is controlled by oppositely effective physiologic feedback signal-pairs in various time-scales. We show the entropy of every signal in this state is identical and constant: SE = 1.8. The controlling physiological signals fluctuate around their average values. The fluctuation is time-fractal, (pink-noise), which characterizes the homeostasis. The aging is the degradation of the competing pairs of signals, decreasing the complexity of the organism. This way, the color of the noise gradually changes to brown. A special scaling process occurs during the aging: the exponent of the frequency dependence of the power density function grows in this process from 1 to 2, but the homeostasis of the system is unchanged.展开更多
This article presents the potential integration of psychotherapy and massage when considering the essence of their beneficial effects.The essence of this model of practice is multifaceted,combining principles from ana...This article presents the potential integration of psychotherapy and massage when considering the essence of their beneficial effects.The essence of this model of practice is multifaceted,combining principles from anatomy,physiology and neuroscience with psychotherapy to benefit patient care.It has been advocated that possessing multidisciplinary knowledge from these areas of science enhances psychotherapists＇ holistic care of their depressive patients.A narrative review of the literatures and a qualitative,conceptual synthesis has been performed to create a new theoretical-pragmatic construct.This article introduces the concept of massage practice as a part of psychotherapy practice and presents the potential integration of psychotherapeutic knowledge with clinical decision-making and the management of depressive symptoms.The authors emphasize the usefulness of multi- and interdisciplinary knowledge in the psychotherapeutic process and explain how this knowledge might be extrapolated and incorporated into theoretical and practical settings to benefit depressive patients.The justification for this concept is also presented.The principles set out in this article may be a useful source of information for psychotherapists concerned about their patients＇ holistic well-being in addition to the psychopathology for which they have sought treatment.Researchers and psychotherapists can obtain valuable and additional knowledge through cross-fertilization of ideas across the arguments presented here.展开更多
文摘Backgroundand Aim:Using simulation in learning medical interventions is a common practice.Simulation techniques provided a safe environment for trainees and students to acquire clinical skills and knowledge to practice in a real clinical environment.The aim of this review is to assess the use of health simulation in the field of complementary medicine education.Methods:Three medical databases were searched from inception to 15 November 2021.The inclusion criteria were clinical trials that used simulation in the field of complementary medicine training and in English language and the full text can be retrieved.Results:After searching,495 articles were retrieved,235 articles were excluded for duplication and 249 articles were excluded after screening of titles/abstracts and applying inclusion and exclusion criteria.Finally,11 articles were included in this review.These clinical trials had 719 participants and reported positive impact of using simulation in complementary medicine education.Conclusion:Simulation wasused for training of some complementary medicine therapies such as chiropractic,acupuncture,massage therapy,cupping therapy and osteopathy.Using simulation in complementary medicine education is recommended to ensure a safe environment for training.Conducting high quality clinical trials to evaluate the use of simulation in complementary medicine education is highly recommended.
文摘Cupping therapy is an ancient healing modality that has been used for thousands of years.There are two types of sham cupping techniques:passive type which used no suction,and active type which suction was rapidly released through a hole on the top of the cup.This narrative review aimed to identify limitations and suggest enhancements in the current use of active sham cupping therapy technique.Three medical databases were searched for identification of clinical trials that used active sham cupping device.201 published papers were retrieved.195 papers were excluded after applying inclusion/exclusion criteria.Finally,6 clinical trials were selected for this review.This paper identified multiple limitations of the active sham cupping procedure which include failure of blinding,heterogenicity of the characteristics of used devices including heterogenicity in reporting active sham cupping intervention,and the limitation of the sham technique to be used for dry cupping only.The recommended enhancements included using bigger cups holes for release of suction,standardization of characteristics of used sham devices,standardization in reporting,and suggesting recruiting patients without prior experience of cupping for better blindness success in sham cupping clinical trials.This paper suggested reporting criteria for sham cupping clinical trials.In conclusion,this paper identified the limitations of the current sham cupping technique and suggesting enhancements regarding active sham cupping technique.Continues evaluation of the current active sham cupping technique and development of new sham cupping devices and techniques for various types of cupping therapy are highly recommended.
文摘We studied the homeostatic equilibrium of the healthy organism. The homeostasis is controlled by oppositely effective physiologic feedback signal-pairs in various time-scales. We show the entropy of every signal in this state is identical and constant: SE = 1.8. The controlling physiological signals fluctuate around their average values. The fluctuation is time-fractal, (pink-noise), which characterizes the homeostasis. The aging is the degradation of the competing pairs of signals, decreasing the complexity of the organism. This way, the color of the noise gradually changes to brown. A special scaling process occurs during the aging: the exponent of the frequency dependence of the power density function grows in this process from 1 to 2, but the homeostasis of the system is unchanged.
文摘This article presents the potential integration of psychotherapy and massage when considering the essence of their beneficial effects.The essence of this model of practice is multifaceted,combining principles from anatomy,physiology and neuroscience with psychotherapy to benefit patient care.It has been advocated that possessing multidisciplinary knowledge from these areas of science enhances psychotherapists＇ holistic care of their depressive patients.A narrative review of the literatures and a qualitative,conceptual synthesis has been performed to create a new theoretical-pragmatic construct.This article introduces the concept of massage practice as a part of psychotherapy practice and presents the potential integration of psychotherapeutic knowledge with clinical decision-making and the management of depressive symptoms.The authors emphasize the usefulness of multi- and interdisciplinary knowledge in the psychotherapeutic process and explain how this knowledge might be extrapolated and incorporated into theoretical and practical settings to benefit depressive patients.The justification for this concept is also presented.The principles set out in this article may be a useful source of information for psychotherapists concerned about their patients＇ holistic well-being in addition to the psychopathology for which they have sought treatment.Researchers and psychotherapists can obtain valuable and additional knowledge through cross-fertilization of ideas across the arguments presented here.
