Showing 701-720 of 722 for: Cochrane Systematic Reviews > Musculoskeletal 
- Treatment for avascular necrosis of bone in people with sickle cell disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 5-Dec-2019
Avascular necrosis of bone is a frequent and severe complication of sickle cell disease and its treatment is not standardised. This is an update of a previously published Cochrane Review.
- Treatment for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 28-Apr-2008
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) comprises a large variety of different forms of motor and sensory neuropathies. The most frequent are demyelinating forms (CMT1) and axonal forms (CMT2). The molecular basis of several CMT forms has been clarified during
- Treatment for cramps in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neuron disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 14-Mar-2012
Cramps are painful, involuntary muscle contractions. They commonly affect people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neuron disease (ALS/MND) at all stages of the disease. To date, the treatment of muscle cramps in ALS has been largely empirical with
- Treatment for idiopathic and hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy (brachial neuritis)
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 8-Jul-2009
Neuralgic amyotrophy (also know as Parsonage-Turner syndrome or brachial plexus neuritis) is a distinct peripheral nervous system disorder characterised by episodes (attacks) of extreme neuropathic pain and rapid multifocal weakness and atrophy in the upp
- Treatment for Lambert‐Eaton myasthenic syndrome
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 16-Feb-2011
Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) is an autoimmune disorder of neuromuscular transmission. Treatments attempt to overcome the harmful autoimmune process, or improve residual neuromuscular transmission
- Treatment for postpolio syndrome
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 12-May-2015
Postpolio syndrome (PPS) may affect survivors of paralytic poliomyelitis and is characterised by a complex of neuromuscular symptoms leading to a decline in physical functioning. The effectiveness of pharmacological treatment and rehabilitation management
- Treatment for superficial thrombophlebitis of the leg
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 25-Feb-2018
The optimal treatment of superficial thrombophlebitis (ST) of the legs remains poorly defined. While improving or relieving the local painful symptoms, treatment should aim at preventing venous thromboembolism (VTE), which might complicate the natural his
- Treatment for thoracic outlet syndrome
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 21-Nov-2014
Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is one of the most controversial diagnoses in clinical medicine. Despite many reports of operative and non-operative interventions, rigorous scientific investigation of this syndrome leading to evidence-based management is l
- Treatment for ulnar neuropathy at the elbow
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 15-Nov-2016
Ulnar neuropathy at the elbow (UNE) is the second most common entrapment neuropathy after carpal tunnel syndrome. Treatment may be conservative or surgical, but optimal management remains controversial. This is an update of a review first published in 201
- Troleandomycin as an oral corticosteroid sparing agent in stable asthma
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 23-Oct-2000
Patients with chronic severe asthma are often dependent on the long term prescription of oral corticosteroids. The use of steroids is associated with serious side effects. Physicians treating such patients continue to search for alternative therapies that
- Ultrasound and shockwave therapy for acute fractures in adults
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 3-Mar-2023
The morbidity and socioeconomic costs of fractures are considerable. The length of time to healing is an important factor in determining a person's recovery after a fracture. Ultrasound may have a therapeutic role in reducing the time to union after fract
- Valproic acid and sodium valproate for neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia in adults
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 5-Oct-2011
Valproic acid and its sodium salt (sodium valproate) are antiepileptic drugs that are sometimes used to treat chronic neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia, although they are not licensed for this use.
- Vestibular rehabilitation for unilateral peripheral vestibular dysfunction
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 13-Jan-2015
This is an update of a Cochrane review first published in The Cochrane Library in Issue 4, 2007 and previously updated in 2011.
- Viscosupplementation for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-Apr-2006
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prevalent chronic joint disorder worldwide and is associated with significant pain and disability.
- Vitamin D and vitamin D analogues for preventing fractures in post‐menopausal women and older men
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 14-Apr-2014
Vitamin D and related compounds have been used to prevent osteoporotic fractures in older people. This is the third update of a Cochrane review first published in 1996.
- Vitamin D for the treatment of chronic painful conditions in adults
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 6-May-2015
This review is an update of a previously published review in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Issue 1, 2010) on 'Vitamin D for the treatment of chronic painful conditions in adults'.
- Vitamin D supplementation for improving bone mineral density in children
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 9-Sep-2010
Results of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of vitamin D supplementation to improve bone density in children are inconsistent.
- Vitamin D supplementation for prevention of mortality in adults
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 5-Dec-2013
Available evidence on the effects of vitamin D on mortality has been inconclusive. In a recent systematic review, we found evidence that vitamin D3 may decrease mortality in mostly elderly women. The present systematic review updates and reassesses the be
- Vocational rehabilitation for people with severe mental illness
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 23-Apr-2001
Unemployment rates are high amongst people with severe mental illness, yet surveys show that most want to work. Vocational rehabilitation services exist to help mentally ill people find work. Traditionally, these services have offered a period of preparat
- Whole-body vibration training for patients with neurodegenerative disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 16-Dec-2011
Whole-body vibration (WBV) may be a complementary training to standard physical rehabilitation programmes and appears to have potential benefits in the sensorimotor system performance of patients with neurodegenerative diseases.
