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Table 1 Conditions and Interventions selected for further study

From: Assessing the quality of reports of randomized trials in pediatric complementary and alternative medicine

Condition

Original N

N after Exclusions

   Asthma

34

31

   Colic

19

16

   Dermatological conditions (including scars)

36

30

   Diarrhea

75*

49

   Malaria

21

20

   Migraine / headache

19

18

Interventions / Treatment modalities Biofeedback

27

22

   Chinese Herbal Medicine

20%

6

   Chiropractic

7

5

   Homeopathy

9

6

   Massage or holding

26

25

   TENS

8

8

   Zinc

45

39

  1. * We examined only 49 of 75 diarrhea studies to avoid giving undue weight to this condition. %Many of these were excluded based on language Note: some trials involved both a condition and a treatment chosen (i.e., chiropractic for colic) and so numbers to not total to 251.