For patients with chronic low back pain, clinicians and patients should initially select
nonpharmacologic treatment with exercise, multidisciplinary rehabilitation, acupuncture, mindfulness - based stress reduction (moderate - quality evidence), tai chi, yoga, motor control exercise, progressive relaxation, electromyography biofeedback, low - level laser therapy, operant therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, or spinal manipulation (low - quality evidence).
The International Ketogenic Diet Study Group, which consists of 26 neurologists and dietitians, has deemed the KD an effective
nonpharmacologic treatment for intractable epilepsy (12).
Advising patient with chronic sinus congestion to use nasal irrigation — a popular
nonpharmacologic treatment — improved their symptoms, but steam inhalation did not, according to a randomized controlled trial published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
This article followed the CONSORT guidelines for
nonpharmacologic treatments.22 All parents (ie, parents in both the IG and CG) completed a baseline questionnaire before randomization and a follow - up questionnaire 2 months after the parents in the IG had completed the intervention.
Not exact matches
DICE also enables clinicians to consider the roles of
nonpharmacologic, medical and pharmacologic
treatments concurrently.»
The commission also examined the effect of
nonpharmacologic interventions for people with dementia and concluded that they had an important role in
treatment, especially when trying to address agitation and aggression.
If this
nonpharmacologic approach can effectively reduce fatigue in the TBI population, this will have implications for the
treatment of fatigue in other populations,» she noted.