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Southern California University of Health Sciences
Education•Whittier, California, United States•
About: Southern California University of Health Sciences is a education organization based out in Whittier, California, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Chiropractic & Randomized controlled trial. The organization has 115 authors who have published 182 publications receiving 6513 citations. The organization is also known as: Los Angeles College of Chiropractic & College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.
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TL;DR: This review did not identify any studies estimating the total costs of LBP in the United States from a societal perspective, but such studies may be helpful in determining appropriate allocation of health-care resources devoted to this condition.
1,809 citations
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai1, Vanderbilt University Medical Center2, Southern California University of Health Sciences3, University of California, Davis4, University of Massachusetts Medical School5, Harvard University6, Brown University7, New York University8, Stanford University9, Princeton University10, West Virginia University11, University of Michigan12
TL;DR: The difficulties of defining mindfulness are discussed, the proper scope of research into mindfulness practices is delineated, and crucial methodological issues for interpreting results from investigations of mindfulness are explained.
Abstract: During the past two decades, mindfulness meditation has gone from being a fringe topic of scientific investigation to being an occasional replacement for psychotherapy, tool of corporate well-being, widely implemented educational practice, and "key to building more resilient soldiers." Yet the mindfulness movement and empirical evidence supporting it have not gone without criticism. Misinformation and poor methodology associated with past studies of mindfulness may lead public consumers to be harmed, misled, and disappointed. Addressing such concerns, the present article discusses the difficulties of defining mindfulness, delineates the proper scope of research into mindfulness practices, and explicates crucial methodological issues for interpreting results from investigations of mindfulness. For doing so, the authors draw on their diverse areas of expertise to review the present state of mindfulness research, comprehensively summarizing what we do and do not know, while providing a prescriptive agenda for contemplative science, with a particular focus on assessment, mindfulness training, possible adverse effects, and intersection with brain imaging. Our goals are to inform interested scientists, the news media, and the public, to minimize harm, curb poor research practices, and staunch the flow of misinformation about the benefits, costs, and future prospects of mindfulness meditation.
847 citations
TL;DR: The use of acupuncture as an adjunct therapy to conventional medical treatment for a number of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases seems plausible and should be validated by confirming its cholinergicity, and measuring its effects on the surrogate markers of autonomic tone and inflammation.
Abstract: This review article presents the evidence that the antiinflammatory actions of acupuncture are mediated via the reflexive central inhibition of the innate immune system. Both laboratory and clinical evidence have recently shown the existence of a negative feedback loop between the autonomic nervous system and the innate immunity. There is also experimental evidence that the electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve inhibits macrophage activation and the production of TNF, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-18, and other proinflammatory cytokines. It is therefore conceivable that along with hypnosis, meditation, prayer, guided imagery, biofeedback, and the placebo effect, the systemic anti-inflammatory actions of traditional and electro-acupuncture are directly or indirectly mediated by the efferent vagus nerve activation and inflammatory macrophage deactivation. In view of this common physiological mediation, assessing the clinical efficacy of a specific acupuncture regimen using conventional double-blind placebo-controlled trials inherently lacks objectivity due to (1) the uncertainty of ancient rules for needle placement, (2) the diffuse noxious inhibitory control triggered by control-needling at irrelevant points, (3) the possibility of a dose-response relationship between stimulation and effects, and (4) the possibility of inadequate blinding using an inert sham procedure. A more objective assessment of its efficacy could perhaps consist of measuring its effects on the surrogate markers of autonomic tone and inflammation. The use of acupuncture as an adjunct therapy to conventional medical treatment for a number of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases seems plausible and should be validated by confirming its cholinergicity.
209 citations
TL;DR: There remains considerable controversy and confusion on all matters pertaining to the topic of CGH, and it is anticipated that further research will help to clarify the theory, diagnosis, and treatment options for patients with CGH.
195 citations
TL;DR: Imaging recommendations for evaluation of stress fractures include initial plain radiographs followed, if necessary, by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which is preferred over computed tomography (CT) and bone scintigraphy, which is highly sensitive with findings ranging from periosteal edema to bone marrow and intracortical signal abnormality.
Abstract: Stress fracture, in its most inclusive description, includes both fatigue and insufficiency fracture. Fatigue fractures, sometimes equated with the term "stress fractures," are most common in runners and other athletes and typically occur in the lower extremities. These fractures are the result of abnormal, cyclical loading on normal bone leading to local cortical resorption and fracture. Insufficiency fractures are common in elderly populations, secondary to osteoporosis, and are typically located in and around the pelvis. They are a result of normal or traumatic loading on abnormal bone. Subchondral insufficiency fractures of the hip or knee may cause acute pain that may present in the emergency setting. Medial tibial stress syndrome is a type of stress injury of the tibia related to activity and is a clinical syndrome encompassing a range of injuries from stress edema to frank-displaced fracture. Atypical subtrochanteric femoral fracture associated with long-term bisphosphonate therapy is also a recently discovered entity that needs early recognition to prevent progression to a complete fracture. Imaging recommendations for evaluation of stress fractures include initial plain radiographs followed, if necessary, by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which is preferred over computed tomography (CT) and bone scintigraphy. Radiographs are the first-line modality and may reveal linear sclerosis and periosteal reaction prior to the development of a frank fracture. MRI is highly sensitive with findings ranging from periosteal edema to bone marrow and intracortical signal abnormality. Additionally, a brief description of relevant clinical management of stress fractures is included.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Hal Morgenstern | 71 | 293 | 27070 |
Scott Haldeman | 57 | 203 | 14929 |
Eric L. Hurwitz | 44 | 68 | 8764 |
Ian D. Coulter | 34 | 178 | 3968 |
Simon Dagenais | 33 | 85 | 5168 |
Claudia Der-Martirosian | 27 | 101 | 2245 |
Cindy Crawford | 26 | 67 | 1872 |
Claire Johnson | 25 | 124 | 2788 |
Betsy B Singh | 22 | 38 | 2645 |
George R. Matcuk | 22 | 73 | 2084 |
Alan H. Adams | 21 | 32 | 3051 |
Laura Schmalzl | 20 | 41 | 1871 |
Okezie I. Aruoma | 17 | 43 | 893 |
Raheleh Khorsan | 16 | 39 | 863 |
Matthew R. Skalski | 13 | 31 | 601 |