BACKGROUND We aimed to investigate the effectiveness of two different forms of dry pulsatile cupping in patients with chronic low back pain (cLBP) compared to medication on demand only in a three-armed randomized trial. METHODS 110 cLBP patients were randomized to regular pulsatile cupping with 8 treatments plus paracetamol on demand (n = 37), minimal cupping with 8 treatments plus paracetamo...

Objective Optimum recovery can prevent the athlete's functional capacity from falling between training sessions or competitions. The aim of this study was to evaluate effect dry cupping therapy and creatine supplementation on lactic acid, lactate dehydrogenase plasma kinase following Wingate anaerobic test in male handball players. Methods In quasi-experimental study, 12 young players 4 stages ...

Objective : To investigate the effect of Cupping Therapy at a patho-physiological level for anterior knee pain and its impact on Quality of life and well-being. Method: Experimental survey utilising clinical trial and a questionnaire. A three week follow-up was conducted to determine longer term carry over of treatment effects utilising both objective and subjective assessment. This method enab...

OBJECTIVE To observe therapeutic effect of "general regulation" acupuncture and cupping therapy on osteoporosis. METHODS Sixty cases of primary osteoporosis were treated with the "general regulation" acupuncture-cupping therapy: warming needle moxibustion, plum-blossom needle, moving cupping and retaining the cup, thrice each week, for 3 months. The therapeutic effect was assessed by modified...

The study aimed to demonstrate the effect of blood-let out (BLO) cupping therapy in eradication of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) from the serum. HCV affects millions of people worldwide; HCV causes not only liver disease but also a significant number of extra-hepatic manifestations. HCV is a major cause of hepatocellular carcinoma which is a common life-threatening complication of longstanding infect...

“Cupping Therapy” is the topic chosen for the fourth editorial of this newly launched journal. The aim of this editorial is to deepen this interesting topic, little analyzed in the present literature, in order to explain the technique and deal with the evidence of the effects of cupping therapy in musculoskeletal disorders, and some possible relation to sports performance.

BACKGROUND Cupping (Hijamah) therapy is very well documented as a result of several thousand years of clinical experiences in Unani medicine. In this procedure, suction is created by various means either with or without bloodletting. Though this therapy is being widely practiced across the globe for treating many chronic and intractable ailments but many reports reveal its unscientific and impr...

introduction: cupping therapy (hejamat) is one of the therapeutic methods used in traditional medicine that it is still common in many of the contemporary societies. in spite of the progress of science, we have less information on the traditional and alternative medicine including cupping.   with the study of mechanism of action of cupping, it will be more convincing for the traditional medicin...