The effectiveness of wet-cupping for nonspecific low back pain in Iran: A randomized controlled trial

Kang

Journal of Occupational Health

et al. 2012

Participants were randomly allocated into one of the two interventions: 6 sessions of wet and dry cupping or heating pad application. The participants were offered an exercise program to perform during the participation period. A 0 to 100 numeric rating scale (NRS) for neck pain, measure yourself medical outcome profile 2 score (MYMOP2 score), cervical spine range of motion (Cspine ROM), neck disability index (NDI), the EuroQol health index (EQ-5D), short form stress response inventory (SRI-SF) and fatigue severity scale (FSS) were assessed at several points during a 7-week period.

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confidence: 99%

Cupping for Treating Neck Pain in Video Display Terminal (VDT) Users: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial

Kang

Journal of Occupational Health

et al. 2012

Proceedings of the Health Science International Conference (HSIC 2017)

“…POMC is broken down into ACTH and β-endorphin. The result showed that spiritual care cupping stimulates endorphins (Farhadi, et al, 2009).…”

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confidence: 80%

Effects of Spiritual Care Cupping Reduce Pain in Patients with Knee Joint Pain

Fikri¹,

Putra²,

Haryanto³

2017

“…This concludes that cupping therapy has a role in pain control. Farhadi et al [17] found that wet cupping therapy was associated with clinically significant pain relief at 3-month follow-up. Wet cupping therapy improved lower back pain intensity, pain-related disability, and medication use (p < 0.01) than the control group.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Clinical and Histological Skin Changes After the Cupping Therapy (Al-Hijamah)

Al-Rubaye¹

2012

J Turk Acad Dermatol

Background: Cupping Therapy (CT) has been reported as treatment for several skin conditions such as acne, post herpetic neuralgia, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis and urticaria. Although it is often considered as part of the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), it has been widely practiced in the Middle East and the rest of the world for centuries. In Basra, a city in the southern part of Iraq, cupping therapy is often used by alternative medicine practitioners for treating skin disorders. However, limited is known about the clinical and histological effects of cupping therapy on the skin.