Complementary Medicine Research Projects

Other CAM Therapies

Completed projects (4)

Professional kinesiology practice; is it an effective treatment for back pain?

Supervisors: George Lewith/Sarah Brien/Paul Little

Status: In Progress, 2 papers published

(1) Hall S, Lewith G, Little P, Brien S.  A review of the literature in applied and specialised kinesiology.  Forschende.  2008; 15: 40-46. 

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(2) Hall S, Brien S, Lewith GT, Little P. An exploratory pilot study to design and assess the credibility of a sham kinesiology treatment. Forschende. 2008; 15: 321-326.

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A randomised factorial trial for patients with recurrent and chronic back pain of GP exercise prescription, the Alexander Technique (AT), and Massage

Investigators: Paul Little/George Lewith/Fran Webley

Funded by: MRC (£585,956)

Status: Study completed, 2 papers published, 1 paper in submission -

(1) Little P, Lewith G, Webley F, Evans M, Beattie A, Middleton K, et al.  Randomised controlled trial of Alexander Technique lessons, exercise and massage (ATEAM) for chronic and recurrent back pain.  BMJ.2008;337;a884.

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(2)Hollinghurst S, Sharp D, Ballard K, Barnett J, Beattie A, Evans M, Lewith G, Middleton K, Oxford F, Webley F, Little P.  Randomised controlled trial of Alexander Technique lessons, exercise, and massage (ATEAM) for chronic and recurrent back pain: economic evaluation. BMJ. 2008; 337; a2656 doi: 10.1136/bmj.a2656.

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(3) Angela Mary Beattie, Alison Shaw, Lucy Yardley, Paul Little, Debbie Sharp
Professionals’ perspectives of participating in a randomised controlled trial of Lessons in the Alexander Technique, exercise and massage for chronic or recurrent back pain (ATEAM): a qualitative study.

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Enzyme-potentiated desensitisation in the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis; a double blind randomised controlled study

Investigators: Michael Radcliffe/George Lewith

Funded by: GUS Charity (£50,000); South East Region (£39,655); Vega Grieshaber (£3,000); AAIR (£1,000); AIM (£2,000)

Status: 2 papers published and 1 Editorial -

(1) Radcliffe MJ, Lewith GT, Turner RG, Prescott P, Church MK, Holgate ST.  Enzyme-potentiated desensitisation in the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis; a double blind randomised controlled study.  BMJ.  2003; 327: 251-254.

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(2) Radcliffe MJ, Lewith GT, Prescott P, Church MK, Holgate ST.  Do skin prick and conjunctival provocation tests predict symptom severity in seasonal allergic rhinoconjunctivitis? Clinical and Experimental Allergy. 2006; 36: 1488-1493.

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Editorial - Lewith GT.  Can we evaluate electrodermal testing?  Complementary Therapies in Medicine.  2003; 11: 115-117.

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A pilot project to investigate altered gene expression in chronic fatigue syndrome.

Investigators: Rob Powell and Wendy Barclay, University of Reading/George Lewith

Funded by: Persistent Virus Disease Research (£10,000)

Status: Pilot study completed and published -

Powell R, Ren J, Lewith G, Barclay W, Holgate S, Almond J.  Identification of novel expressed sequences, up-regulated in the leukocytes of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients.  Clinical and Experimental Allergy.  2003; 33 (10): 1450-6.

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The role of positivity to illness in chronic fatigue syndrome patients.

Investigators: Michael Hyland/George Lewith

Status: Study completed and paper published -

Hyland ME, Sodergren SC, Lewith GT.  Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. The role of positivity to illness in chronic fatigue syndrome patients. Journal of Health Psychology. 2006; 11 (5): 731-741

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