Effects of laser acupuncture tele-therapy for rheumatoid arthritis elderly patients

Adly, Afnan Sedky; Adly, Aya Sedky; Adly, Mohamed A.; Abdeen, Heba Ahmed Ali

doi:10.1007/s10103-021-03287-0

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“…The results of the risk of bias assessment of the eight studies are illustrated in Figure 2 . Three trials simply mentioned randomization methods used in their research and omitted details concerning random sequence generation methods [ 11 , 12 , 17 ]. Only three trials indicated what allocation concealment methods were used to maintain privacy after random allocation [ 7 , 9 , 10 ].…”

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“…Three trials reported the quality of life of the patients with RA measured by RAQoL [ 7 , 11 , 12 ]. The results of meta-analysis indicated that laser acupuncture had significantly better effects in ameliorating the quality of life, while compared to the control group (MD = −2.32, 95% CI: −4.40 to −0.25, P =0.028) ( Figure 4 ).…”

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“…Three trials reported serum IL-6 [ 7 , 11 , 12 ]. The pooled result indicated that laser acupuncture had significantly better effects in decreasing serum IL-6, while compared to the control group (MD = −29.63, 95% CI: −49.34 to −9.92, P =0.003) ( Figure 7(c) ).…”

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Clinical Efficacy of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials

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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Objective. Acupuncture has been used by rehabilitation specialists as an adjunctive treatment for the symptomatic treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This meta-analysis aims to evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture in treating patients with RA. Methods. A comprehensive search was conducted in CBM, CNKI, PubMed, CENTRAL, Web of Science, and Embase from their inception up to March 2022. All randomized controlled trials (RCTs) without the language restriction, concerning the patients with RA treated with acupuncture, were included. Two reviewers independently assessed the risk of bias with the Cochrane Risk of Bias Assessment tool. Weight mean difference (MD) and 95% CI were calculated, and data were pooled with random effects model. Results. A total of eleven RCTs involving 796 patients with RA met the established inclusion criteria. This systematic review indicated the efficacy of acupuncture as an adjunctive treatment for patients with RA. Invasive acupuncture could reduce significantly in pain (MD = -1.00, 95% CI: −1.96 to −0.05, P = 0.040 ), health assessment questionnaire (HAQ, MD = −0.20, 95% CI: −0.30 to −0.11, P < 0.001 ), physician global assessment (PhGA, MD = −0.98, 95% CI: −1.23 to −0.72, P < 0.001 ), tender joint count (TJC, MD = −1.24, 95% CI: −2.11 to −0.37, P = 0.005 ), C-reactive protein (CRP, MD = −1.81, 95% CI: −3.32 to −0.29, P = 0.019 ), and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR, MD = −3.03, 95% CI: −5.80 to −0.26, P = 0.032 ), while compared to control group. Laser acupuncture could reduce HAQ (MD = −0.15, 95% CI: −0.28 to −0.01, P = 0.034 ), the RA quality of life questionnaire (RAQoL, MD = −2.32, 95% CI: −4.40 to −0.25, P = 0.028 ), CRP (MD = −35.24, 95% CI: −36.49 to −33.99, P < 0.001 ), and interleukin-6 (IL-6, MD = −29.63, 95% CI: −49.34 to −9.92, P = 0.003 ), while compared to control group. No adverse events associated with acupuncture were reported. Conclusion. Available evidence suggests that acupuncture is beneficial for relieving pain and ameliorating quality of life and health index in patients with RA; thereby, it should be available as an adjunctive nonpharmacological treatment in rehabilitation programmes.

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Clinical Efficacy of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials

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“…8 Used as a means of laser directed treatments for arthritis, significant benefits have been realized by elderly rheumatoid arthritis cases. 9 In this review, a wide ranging search was undertaken to examine AI/ML-based usage or its potential in rehabilitation spheres, rather than diagnostic, measurement, disease classification, or predictive spheres based upon patient and generic data. Its use in surgical or drug based interventions was not examined.…”

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Artificial intelligence and rehabilitation: what’s new and promising

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2023

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The development of artificially intelligent technological machine systems that can integrate large volumes of data, and also ‘learn’ to recognize notable patterns, are currently being widely discussed and employed in various health and other realms. In this regard, what promise do these systems hold for ameliorating the late life chronic disease burden of increasing numbers of adults globally that may stem from one or multiple chronic longstanding health conditions. To explore this issue, a broad exploration of rehabilitation associated artificial intelligence implications was conducted using leading data bases. Results show that there are some active advances in both artificial intelligence and machine learning realms, but not in the context of desirable robust observations in all cases. Much future work is indicated though and is strongly recommended.

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“…Although there is a part that discusses the influence of the telemanagement system on health care development, the aim of this study was to compare two nonpharmacological respiratory treatment methods for home-isolated patients with COVID-19 by using a newly developed telemanagement health care system. The influence of the telemanagement system on health care development has been further discussed in many other articles [ 3 - 6 ], and its discussion was therefore considered outside of the scope of our paper.…”

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