Pain Research and Management

Traditional Medicine for Pain Management


Publishing date
01 Dec 2019
Status
Closed
Submission deadline
26 Jul 2019

Lead Editor
Guest Editors

1Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China

2Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

3Peking University, Beijing, China

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Traditional Medicine for Pain Management

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Description

Pain management is a global challenge, due to the high prevalence of chronic or acute pain worldwide, large medical burden, and disabling effects. With the opioid crisis for pain management emerging in the US in 2017, various federal regulatory and oversight agencies, including the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), and the Joint Commission have started to advise or mandate that healthcare systems and providers offer other treatment options for pain control. Traditional medicines stand as the potential choices to fulfil these calls.

Traditional medicines are generally believed to be green and safe treatment choices for various conditions. Traditional medicines for pain management are defined as the sum total of the knowledge, skill, and practices based on the theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultures, whether explicable or not, in the prevention, improvement, or treatment of pain. Among the various traditional medicines, acupuncture, traditional Chinese herbal medicine, yoga, and ayurveda medicine are the most prominent for pain management worldwide. However, most traditional medicines for pain management are not evidence-based and the underlying scientific mechanism remains not fully illustrated, which restricts their use for clinical practice.

Therefore, in this context, researchers are welcome to contribute original, as well as review articles, to this special issue that may improve our understanding about the potential use of traditional medicines for pain management. The aim of this special issue focuses on traditional medicine interventions, including but not limited to acupuncture, traditional Chinese herbal medicine, unani, ayurveda, yoga, tai chi, and qigong. We encourage the submission of papers from the view of different disciplines, such as molecular, neuroimaging, and randomized controlled clinic trails, to provide a comprehensive view in this field.

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

  • Epidemiology and health economics research of traditional medicines for pain management
  • Evidence-based clinical research of traditional medicines for pain management
  • Systematic reviews of traditional medicines for pain management
  • Novel insights into the genetic, cellular, molecular and neuroimaging mechanisms involved in pain modulation of traditional medicines
  • Translational medical research of traditional medicines for pain management

Articles

  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2022
  • - Article ID 9764940
  • - Corrigendum

Corrigendum to “Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Lateral Epicondylitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials”

Yumei Zhou | Yuebao Guo | ... | Zhuoxin Yang
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2020
  • - Article ID 3731510
  • - Research Article

The Roles of Skin Fibroblasts at Local Acupoints in Chrono-Acupuncture

Nannan Liu | Zhengyu Zhao | ... | Dingjun Cai
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2020
  • - Article ID 8506591
  • - Review Article

Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Lateral Epicondylitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Yumei Zhou | Yuebao Guo | ... | Zhuoxin Yang
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2020
  • - Article ID 5921038
  • - Review Article

Is Acupuncture Another Good Choice for Physicians in the Treatment of Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome? Review of the Latest Literature

Junjun Li | Liang Dong | ... | Degui Chang
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2019
  • - Article ID 7978180
  • - Clinical Study

Effect of an Acupuncture Technique of Penetrating through Zhibian (BL54) to Shuidao (ST28) with Long Needle for Pain Relief in Patients with Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Haijun Wang | Yuxia Cao | ... | Laixi Ji
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2019
  • - Article ID 2653792
  • - Review Article

The Effectiveness and Safety of Moxibustion for Treating Knee Osteoarthritis: A PRISMA Compliant Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Ting Yuan | Jun Xiong | ... | Lingling Xu
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2019
  • - Article ID 4705247
  • - Research Article

Effect of Moxibustion on HIF-1α and VEGF Levels in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Yuanyuan Gong | Zeyun Yu | ... | Ping Wu
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2019
  • - Article ID 2871505
  • - Review Article

Comparison between the Effects of Acupuncture Relative to Other Controls on Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Meta-Analysis

Haizhen Zheng | Rixin Chen | ... | Zhenhai Chi
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2019
  • - Article ID 5930627
  • - Review Article

An Overview of Systematic Reviews of Randomized Controlled Trials on Acupuncture Treating Migraine

Xia-tian Zhang | Xin-yi Li | ... | Gui-hua Tian
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