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Abstracts from The Cold Weather Operations Conference 2021
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-11)A common effort for both military and civil healthcare is to achieve knowledge-based health care in cold weather injuries and fatal accidents in harsh arctic environment. The Cold Weather Operations Conference in November 2021, having more than 300 participants from 20 countries, was addressing the prevention and treatment of injuries and trauma care in cold weather conditions and the challenges for ... -
Acupuncture versus usual care for postoperative nausea and vomiting in children after tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy: a pragmatic, multicenter, double-blinded, randomized trial
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-04-13)Objectives. To investigate the effect of a standardised acupuncture on nausea and vomiting in children after tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy when possible placebo effects were precluded. Methods. A pragmatic, multicentre, double-blinded, randomised controlled trial. The study was conducted over 10 months in 2012–2013 at three ambulatory clinics. Two hundred and eighty-two children, ... -
Botulinum Toxin A in the treatment of frostbite sequelae–results from a blinded, early-phase, comparative trial
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-03-15)Introduction: Freezing Cold Injuries (FCI) have been associated with long-term sequelae including vasospasm. The aims of the pilot study are to explore the research methodology and investigate the tolerability and safety of treatment with Botulinum Toxin-A (BTX-A) in FCI Sequelae. Methodology: This pilot study tests the logistics, the treatment setting and the follow-up procedure in an early-phase, ... -
The classification of freezing cold injuries - a NATO research task group position paper
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-04-21)Introduction: Freezing cold injuries (FCI) are a common risk in extreme cold weather operations. Although the risks have long been recognised, injury occurrences tend to be sparse and geographically distributed, with relatively few cases to study in a systematic way. The first challenge to improve FCI medical management is to develop a common nomenclature for FCI classification. This is critical for ... -
Complementary and alternative medicine for treatment of atopic eczema in children under 14 years old: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-26)<i>Background</i>: Due to limitations of conventional medicine for atopic eczema (AE), complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is widely used as an alternative, maintaining, or simultaneous treatment for AE. We aimed to evaluate the beneficial and harmful effects of CAM for children with AE under 14 years old.<p> <p><i>Methods</i>: We searched for randomized trials on CAM in 12 Chinese and ... -
Freezing cold injuries among soldiers in the Norwegian Armed Forces – A cross sectional study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-06-30)<p><i>Introduction:</i> Freezing cold injuries (FCI) are a common risk in extreme cold weather warfare operations. The Norwegian Armed Forces (NAF) have the expertise and capabilities in education and training for warfighting capabilities in the Arctic. Nevertheless, a substantial number of Norwegian soldiers sustain freezing cold injuries annually. The aim of this study was to describe the FCI in ... -
Human performance and medical treatment during cold weather operations - synthesis of a symposium
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-08-18)In October 2022, the Human Factors and Medicine (HFM) panel of the NATO Science and Technology Organization convened a review of progress in military biomedical research for cold weather operations. This paper represents a summary of the research presentations and future directions. The importance of realistic training was an overarching theme. Many reported studies took advantage of cold weather ... -
Introduction: Training is more important than technology (for performance in the cold)
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-07-27)After more than 50 years of studying soldiers in the cold, we are well past the phase of defining the unique problems; the research requirements are known but the solutions have been slow in coming. This requires iterative testing of proposed lab-based solutions with soldiers in the real environment. Representing a renewed effort to produce and implement solutions to human biomedical challenges in ... -
Opplevde sammenhenger mellom amalgam og helse i den norske befolkning
(Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2006-11-13)Sosial og helsedirektoratet arbeider med retningslinjer for pasientbehandling ved mistanke om helseskade fra amalgamfyllinger. Som bakgrunn for dette arbeid fikk Nasjonalt Forskningssenter innen Komplementær og Alternativ Medisin (NAFKAM) ved Universitetet i Tromsø i oppdrag å beskrive hvordan befolkningen opplever sammenhengen mellom amalgam og helse. Kvantitative og kvalitative metoder har vært ... -
Placebo by proxy expectations toward acupuncture change over time: A survey comparing parental expectations to acupuncture pre- and postoperatively
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-14)<i>Background</i>: Patients entering a treatment have expectancy to outcome based on their previous experience, the information received, and the credibility of the treatment. Once the treatment has started, patients may detect and interpret contextual cues and somatic state. Influenced and conditioned by positive or negative interpretations, their reappraisal may improve or worsen the treatment ... -
Prevalence and reasons for intentional use of complementary and alternative medicine as an adjunct to future visits to a medical doctor for chronic disease
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-03-27)Intentional use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has previously only been researched in small, possibly biased, samples. There seems to be a lack of scientific information regarding healthy individual's attitudes and presumed use of CAM. The aim of this study is to describe prevalence and characteristics of participants who intend to see a CAM provider compared to participants who ... -
Publication status and reporting quality of case reports on acupuncture-related adverse events: A systematic reviews of case studies
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-09-30)Introduction: Case reports on acupuncture-related adverse events (AEs) have been consistently published in the literature. This review aims to assess the current publication status of case reports on acupuncture-related AEs and evaluate their reporting quality in order to identify areas for improvement.<p> <p>Methods: This study is a systematic review (SR) of case reports. Studies describing cases ... -
Recruitment and inclusion procedures as "pain killers" in clinical trials?
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-03)<p><i>Background - </i>Recruitment and inclusion procedures in clinical trials are time critical. This holds particularly true for studies investigating patients with fluctuating symptom patterns, like those with chronic neck pain. In a feasibility study on neck pain, we found a clinically relevant decrease in pain ratings within the recruitment period. This paper analyses the phenomenon and gives ... -
Reflexology for acute rhinosinusitis – Results from a blinded, early-phase comparative trial
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-08-06)Background - Reflexology is commonly used as an adjunct to conventional treatment by patients with respiratory tract infections. The effect of reflexology needs to be tested in a full-scale randomized controlled study. Small early-phase trials can give an indication on whether full-size clinical trials are warranted. The objective of this study is to determine whether the study design is feasible ... -
Variability in peripheral rewarming after cold stress among 255 healthy Norwegian army conscripts assessed by dynamic infrared thermography
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-16)Exposure to cold climate is an inevitable consequence of military training in Norway. Adequate peripheral microcirculation in the extremities is important to maintain temperature, and to protect against freezing cold injuries. The aim of this study was to investigate the variability in skin rewarming ability. The study subjects consisted of 260 healthy Norwegian army conscripts, following a mild ...
