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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 36 avhandlingar innehållade orden manipulation therapy.

1. 11. Naprapathic manual therapy and other factors of importance for the prognosis of neck and back pain

   Författare :Kari Paanalahti; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Sammanfattning : Introduction: Neck and back pain common health problems causing economic burden and individual suffering worldwide. Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to increase understanding of naprapathic manual therapy and other factors of potential importance for the prognosis of back and neck pain. LÄS MER

3. 12. Back and neck pain : epidemiological studies on some risk factors and treatments, including naprapathic manual therapy

   Författare :Eva Skillgate; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Neck pain; low back pain; coping style; life change events; life style; musculoskeletal manipulations; case-control study; cohort-study; randomized controlled trial.;

   Sammanfattning : Introduction: Back and neck pain are common and constitute the main cause for persistent pain in the population. The knowledge about the etiology and about the effect of different treatments that are offered for back and neck pain is not fully understood, with a few exceptions. LÄS MER

4. 13. Back pain in primary care : aspects on treatment and the possible influence of oral contraceptives

   Författare :Ullacarin Wreje; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Low back pain; sacro-iliac joint; manipulation therapy; water; injections; relaxin; women; menstrual cycle; oral contraceptive; collagen metabolism;

   Sammanfattning : The general objectives of this thesis were to investigate back pain in a primary-care setting, and especially to study the effect of manual treatment on pelvic-joint dysfunction, the effect of sterile-water injections on chronic, myofascial pain and the possible influence of oral contraceptives (OC) on back pain in women in the fertile ages. The effect of a single intervention with manipulation mobilisation was compared with that of massage on pelvic-joint dysfunction with regard to sick-leave, consumption of analgesic, pain and joint mobility. LÄS MER

5. 14. Targets for immune mediated killing of tumor cells and T cell functions in B-CLL

   Författare :Eva D Rossmann; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; apoptosis; monoclonal antibody therapy; quantitative flow cytometry; cytokines; T cell dysfunctions;

   Sammanfattning : There is a great need for developing and improving treatment alternatives in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL). New therapeutical approaches based on the manipulation of the immune system enable establishment of enhanced control over the malignant clone. LÄS MER

7. 15. Theoretical and empirical aspects of the assessment and practice of alternative medicine

   Författare :Niels Lynöe; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; alternative medicine; placebo effect; technology assessment; non- scientific treatment; professional ethics; layman’s perspective;

   Sammanfattning : The main purpose of this dissertation is to elucidate the problem of assessing and providing alternative medical technologies. The purpose is divisible into three parts:To investigate the bases of assessment for the acceptance of an alternative medical technology; 2. LÄS MER