Claudication

Efficacy of Alternative and Other Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking:

Gingko [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]:

Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.

Recommendation: No Recommendation (There is insufficient evidence to support claims that Ginkgo helps to treat claudication)

Grade of Evidence: Low Quality of Evidence

Neural Therapy:

Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It is proposed only as a weak supportive symptomatic support, and even then, has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.

Recommendation: No Recommendation (there is insufficient evidence to show that Neural Therapy in any way helps to treat claudication)

Grade of Evidence: Very Low Quality of Evidence

Tai Chi:

Recommendation: Strongly in Favor (Available evidence shows that Tai Chi may have cardiovascular benefits, which include reducing claudication symptoms)

Grade of Evidence: Low Quality of Evidence

* www.gradeworkinggroup.org

Summary References

Treatments:

1. Ades T, Alteri R, Gansler T, Yeargin P, "Complete Guide to Complimentary & Alternative Cancer Therapies", American Cancer Society, Atlanta USA, 2009

2. http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/ginkgo

3. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-ginkgo.html

4. http://nccam.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2010_may/ginkgostudy.htm

5. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20040554

6. http://www.bixby.org/faq/tinnitus/treatmnt.html#gingko


 

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