2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Evidence and feasibilty on integrative medicine for lifestyle-related diseases
| Project/Area Number |
26350910
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Applied health science
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| Research Institution | Tokyo University of Agriculture |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | エビデンス / 統合医療 / 生活習慣病 / 機能性表示食品 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The objective of this study was to summarize systematic reviews (SRs) of randomized controlled trials on various methods of treatment practiced in integrative medicine.
The study revealed that there have been 8 SRs on lifestyle-related diseases, and that product-based methods were more widely implemented than practice-based methods. Regarding the latter methods, Pilates exercise was popular in advanced nations and was effective for mitigating pain in patients with lumbago and improving their functions. However, no sufficient evidence for Pilates in lifestyle-related diseases was presented. In a SR used for premarket notification of the foods with function claims submitted to the agency in Japan, several reports included were questionable in terms of research quality. Based on these findings, we prepared methodologies for reporting randomized controlled trials of interventions other than drugs, and for performing a SR of the reports.
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| Free Research Field |
臨床・疫学研究の研究方法論
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