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5. Perspectives and Ideas to Advance Integrative Medicine and Healthcare: Proceedings of the 4th Annual Jaseng Academic Conference

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Jang, Andrew, primary, Lee, Jinho, additional, Donahue, Catherine, additional, Coggin-Carr, David, additional, Cummings, Mike, additional, Trinh, Kien, additional, Lee, Myeong Soo, additional, Wieland, Susan, additional, Zaslawski, Christopher, additional, Prokop, Lawrence, additional, and Shin, Joon Shik, additional

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2023
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16. Clinical reasoning in traditional medicine exemplified by the clinical encounter of Korean medicine: a narrative review

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Kim, Tae-hun, Alraek, Terje, Bian, Zhao-Xiang, Birch, Stephen, Bovey, Mark, Lee, Juah, Lee, Myeong Soo, Robinson, Nicola, and Zaslawski, Christopher

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VDP::Medical disciplines: 700, Traditional Korean medicine and narrative review, Original Article, Theoretical models, VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700, Clinical encounter, Clinical reasoning, Jinchal
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Background - Clinical reasoning is generally defined as a way of thinking about diagnostic or therapeutic decision making in clinical practice. Different cognitive models have been proposed for the clinical reasoning process which takes place during the clinical encounter with a patient. This may have similarities with similar approaches used in Traditional Korean Medicine (TKM). Jinchal, the clinical encounter, has specific features in TKM and different Jinchal processes are closely related to several underlying cognitive models in clinical reasoning. It is a necessary process to see the patient, but in TKM, the method has characteristic aspects which should be evaluated based on the principle of clinical reasoning. Methods - To obtain a narrative description and explanation of the concept of the Jinchal process, literature from with four authentic KM schools was explored first and expert panel discussion was conducted. Results - This article analyses the Jinchal process using theoretical concepts from four authentic KM schools of clinical reasoning which are currently used in contemporary practice. Conclusion - Future research should focus on the similarities and differences in understanding clinical reasoning in KM as well as the broader field of traditional East Asian Medicine.

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2020

18. A multi‐center international study of acupuncture for lateral elbow pain ‐ Results of a randomized controlled trial

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Gadau, Marcus, primary, Zhang, Shi Ping, additional, Wang, Fu Chun, additional, Liguori, Stefano, additional, Li, Wei Hong, additional, Liu, Wei Hong, additional, Bangrazi, Sergio, additional, Berle, Christine, additional, Razavy, Shohreh, additional, Bian, Zhao Xiang, additional, Filomena, Petti, additional, Hao, Yang, additional, Jiang, Hai Lin, additional, Lei, Li, additional, Li, Tie, additional, Zaslawski, Christopher, additional, Liguori, Aldo, additional, Liu, Yan Song, additional, Lu, Ai Ping, additional, Tan, Yuan Sheng, additional, Yim, Wendy Wansze, additional, and Xie, Chuan Long, additional

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2020
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26. Hwangryunhaedoktang in adult patients with Atopic Dermatitis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, two-centre trial - study protocol

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Seo Eun-Sung, Kim Ji-Eun, Yoon In-Hwan, Oh Yong-Leol, Sun Seung-Ho, Seo Hyung-Sik, Lee Dong-Hyo, Kim Nam-Kwen, Shim Gye-Seon, and Zaslawski Christopher

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Other systems of medicine, RZ201-999
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Abstract Background Atopic Dermatitis is a chronic relapsing eczematous skin disease with increasing prevalence and rising costs. It has a clear impact on a patient's quality of life. Many patients are worried about the use of usual care techniques, such as corticosteroids and antihistamine due to the widespread fear of adverse effects. Complementary and alternative medical approaches have been employed to relieve symptoms of Atopic Dermatitis. Hwangryunhaedoktang is among the most strongly preferred and widely used herbal medicines for Atopic Dermatitis in Korea, as it causes very few serious adverse effects. We aim to establish basic clinical efficacy and safety data for Hwangryunhaedoktang, which is approved as an herbal medication by the Korean Food and Drug Administration, in adult patients with Atopic Dermatitis. Methods/Designs This study is a randomised, double blind, placebo-controlled, two-centre trial with two parallel arms (Hwangryunhaedoktang and a placebo). The diagnosis of Atopic Dermatitis will be made according to the criteria of Hanifin and Rajka by two different Oriental medicine doctors. We will include participants experiencing typical conditions of intermittent or continuous Atopic Eczema for six or more months. Participants will receive Hwangryunhaedoktang or a placebo-drug for eight weeks. The total duration of each arm is eleven weeks. Each participant will be examined for signs and symptoms of Atopic Dermatitis before and after taking medication. A follow-up to evaluate the maintenance of safety will be performed two weeks after the final administration of medication. Discussion This trial will utilize high quality trial methodologies in accordance with consolidated standards of reporting trials guidelines. It will provide evidence for the clinical efficacy and safety evaluation of Hwangryunhaedoktang in adult patients with Atopic Dermatitis. Moreover, we will also employ health-related quality of life questionnaires to assess the changes in quality of life. Trial registration Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN26218532

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2011
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35. Reliability of the NICMAN Scale: An Instrument to Assess the Quality of Acupuncture Administered in Clinical Trials

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Smith, Caroline A., primary, Zaslawski, Christopher J., additional, Cochrane, Suzanne, additional, Zhu, Xiaoshu, additional, Zheng, Zhen, additional, Loyeung, Bertrand, additional, Meier, Peter C., additional, Walsh, Sean, additional, Xue, Charlie Changli, additional, Zhang, Anthony L., additional, Fahey, Paul P., additional, and Bensoussan, Alan, additional

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2017
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37. Protocol for Acupuncture Treatment of Lateral Elbow Pain: A Multisite Randomised Controlled Trial in China, Hong Kong, Australia, and Italy

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Zaslawski, Christopher, primary, Berle, Christine, additional, Gadau, Marcus, additional, Li, Wei Hong, additional, Li, Tie, additional, Wang, Fu Chun, additional, Bangrazi, Sergio, additional, Li, Lei, additional, Liguori, Stefano, additional, Liu, Yan Song, additional, Tan, Yuan Sheng, additional, and Zhang, Shi Ping, additional

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2016
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38. Acupuncture Treatment of Lateral Elbow Pain: A Nonrandomized Pilot Study

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Liu, Yan-Song, primary, Gadau, Marcus, additional, Zhang, Guo-Xue, additional, Liu, Hao, additional, Wang, Fu-Chun, additional, Zaslawski, Christopher, additional, Li, Tie, additional, Tan, Yuan-Sheng, additional, Berle, Christine, additional, Li, Wei-Hong, additional, Bangrazi, Sergio, additional, Liguori, Stefano, additional, and Zhang, Shi-Ping, additional

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2016
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40. The relevance of needling parameters and participant experience for acupuncture research

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Zaslawski, Christopher

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University of Technology, Sydney. Faculty of Science. NO FULL TEXT AVAILABLE. Access is restricted indefinitely. The hardcopy may be available for consultation at the UTS Library. NO FULL TEXT AVAILABLE. Access is restricted indefinitely. ----- Although acupuncture has been practiced for over 2,000 years, it is only in the last four decades that Western medical science has begun to investigate its mode of action and clinical efficacy. Since the mid 1960s, there has been a steadily increasing number of acupuncture clinical trials published in the Western scientific literature. However the quality of research has generally been poor. This has been partly due to general methodological problems such as small sample size and partly due to problems that specifically relate to the nature of practice of acupuncture. The present research involves two studies that were designed to clarify three specific problems associated with acupuncture research: a questionnaire designed to compare the beliefs and expectations of both naive and experienced subjects concerning the 'acupuncture experience' and the implications for acupuncture research methodology; and an experimental needling study whose aims were to determine the optimal needling parameters for eliciting analgesia in acupuncture pain studies and the use of an appropriate control placebo intervention in acupuncture clinical trials. The survey (called study one) found that naive and experienced acupuncture subjects hold different beliefs and expectations of what constitutes an acupuncture experience. These differences related to the credibility of laser as an alternative to needling, the expectation of feeling needle insertion and a dull ache during treatment, the appearance of the needle while in situ, the number of acupoints needled, the placement of the needles and the likelihood of using the same acupoints over a course of treatment. Study two, the needling study, compared the effect of six needling parameters combinations, as well as laser stimulation, on pressure pain threshold. A visual analogue scale (VAS) was also used to assess levels of pain, needling sensation, level of tension during, and anxiety prior to, the intervention period. The study found that the optimum needling parameters to elicit an analgesic response involve deep needling with manipulation at an acupoint. Difference in VAS scores were found for: pain, (both interventions to Large Intestine 4 (LI4) that involved manipulation were reported as significantly more painful than both the non acupoint (NAP) interventions and the two LI4 interventions without manipulation); needling sensation, (all the LI4 needling interventions produced similar scores except for the LI4 intervention that involved shallow needling and no manipulation, which was significantly lower); and tension (subjects reported higher scores for the LI4 intervention that involved shallow needling and manipulation than for the LI4 that involved shallow needling and no manipulation, and the two NAP and laser interventions). No significant differences were found for subjects reporting levels of anxiety prior to receiving acupuncture and the behaviour of the acupuncturist during the study. The study also supports the concept that an invasive sham needling technique may function as a feasible control intervention for pain conditions provided that manipulation is not applied to the inserted needle. It is hoped that the results of the two studies are incorporated into the design of future acupuncture clinical trials and that this will ensure a better understanding of acupuncture and facilitate the development of the evidence based practice of acupuncture.

Published
2006

42. Development of an Instrument to Assess the Quality of Acupuncture: Results from a Delphi Process

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Smith, Caroline A., primary, Zaslawski, Christopher J., additional, Zheng, Zhen, additional, Cobbin, Deidre, additional, Cochrane, Suzanne, additional, Lenon, George B., additional, Loyeung, Bertrand, additional, Meier, Peter C., additional, Walsh, Sean, additional, Xue, Charlie Changli, additional, Zhang, Anthony L., additional, Zhu, Xiaoshu, additional, and Bensoussan, Alan, additional

Published
2011
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48. Aspects of Spirit.

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Zaslawski, Christopher

Subjects
*CHINESE medicine, *NONFICTION
Published
2016

49. Alternative medicine and doping in sports.

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Koh B, Freeman L, and Zaslawski C

Abstract

Athletes are high achievers who may seek creative or unconventional methods to improve performance. The literature indicates that athletes are among the heaviest users of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and thus may pioneer population trends in CAM use. Unlike non-athletes, athletes may use CAM not just for prevention, treatment or rehabilitation from illness or injuries, but also for performance enhancement. Assuming that athletes' creative use of anything unconventional is aimed at "legally" improving performance, CAM may be used because it is perceived as more "natural" and erroneously assumed as not potentially doping. This failure to recognise CAMs as pharmacological agents puts athletes at risk of inadvertent doping.The general position of the World Anti-Doping Authority (WADA) is one of strict liability, an application of the legal proposition that ignorance is no excuse and the ultimate responsibility is on the athlete to ensure at all times whatever is swallowed, injected or applied to the athlete is both safe and legal for use. This means that a violation occurs whether or not the athlete intentionally or unintentionally, knowingly or unknowingly, used a prohibited substance/method or was negligent or otherwise at fault. Athletes are therefore expected to understand not only what is prohibited, but also what might potentially cause an inadvertent doping violation. Yet, as will be discussed, athlete knowledge on doping is deficient and WADA itself sometimes changes its position on prohibited methods or substances. The situation is further confounded by the conflicting stance of anti-doping experts in the media. These highly publicised disagreements may further portray inconsistencies in anti-doping guidelines and suggest to athletes that what is considered doping is dependent on the dominant political zeitgeist. Taken together, athletes may believe that unless a specific and explicit ruling is made, guidelines are open to interpretation. Therefore doping risk-taking behaviours may occur because of the potential financial, social and performance gains and the optimistically biased interpretation (that trying alternatives is part of the "spirit of sport") and doping risk-taking behaviours may occur.This discussion paper seeks to situate the reader in a world where elite level sports and CAM intersects. It posits that an understanding of the underlying motivation for CAM use and doping is currently lacking and that anti-doping rules need to be repositioned in the context of the emerging phenomenon and prevalence of CAM use.

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2012
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