BACKGROUND The NTI-tss device is an anterior bite stop, which, according to the manufacturer, is indicated for the prevention and treatment of bruxism, temporomandibular disorders (TMDs), tension-type headaches, and migraine. The aim of this systematic review was to appraise the currently available evidence regarding the efficacy and safety of the NTI-tss splint. METHODS We performed a system...

Conventional treatment for primary dysmenorrhoea has a failure rate of 20% to 25% and may be contraindicated or not tolerated by some women. Herbal medicine may be a suitable alternative. The objective of the manuscript, is determine the efficacy and safety of some Iranian herbal medicine for primary dysmenorrhea when compared with placebo, no treatment, and other treatment. For this target ele...

Background: Conservative therapy is currently the elective treatment for shoulder impingement syndrome according to scientific literature. The success of conservative due physiotherapy and application its methods. aim this systematic review was evaluate low-level laser therapy, a physiotherapeutic method pain reduction increasing range motion. Methods: This conducted Preferred Reporting Items S...

context randomized controlled trials (rcts) are important tools for evidence-based health care decisions. it is, therefore, important that they be conducted and reported with the highest possible standards. the aim of this study was to evaluate the reporting quality of the rcts published in nephrology urology monthly journal and to examine whether there was a change over time in the reporting q...

OBJECTIVES To consider the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) for arrhythmias. DATA SOURCES Electronic databases. Manufacturer submissions. REVIEW METHODS A systematic review of the literature on clinical and cost-effectiveness was undertaken. The quality of selected randomised controlled trials (RCTs) was assessed using the Jadad...

Conventional treatment for primary dysmenorrhoea has a failure rate of 20% to 25% and may be contraindicated or not tolerated by some women. Herbal medicine may be a suitable alternative. The objective of the manuscript, is determine the efficacy and safety of some Iranian herbal medicine for primary dysmenorrhea when compared with placebo, no treatment, and other treatment. For this target ele...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the risk of bias tool, introduced by the Cochrane Collaboration for assessing the internal validity of randomised trials, for inter-rater agreement, concurrent validity compared with the Jadad scale and Schulz approach to allocation concealment, and the relation between risk of bias and effect estimates. DESIGN Cross sectional study. Study sample 163 trials in children....

Question To assess the effectiveness of low level laser therapy (LLLT) in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Data sources MEDLINE, EMBASE and The Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (CENTRAL) up to June 2005. Reference lists from relevant articles were scanned. Relevant studies were also traced by contacting experts. Study selection Randomised controlled trials of patients with RA whic...