Report for: Topical herbal therapies for treating osteoarthritis

Title	Topical herbal therapies for treating osteoarthritis
Published in	Cochrane database of systematic reviews, May 2013
DOI	10.1002/14651858.cd010538
Pubmed ID	23728701
Authors	Melainie Cameron, Sigrun Chrubasik
Abstract	Before extraction and synthetic chemistry were invented, musculoskeletal complaints were treated with preparations from medicinal plants. They were either administered orally or topically. In contrast to the oral medicinal plant products, topicals act in part as counterirritants or are toxic when given orally.

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Country	Count	As %
Spain	18	24%
United States	6	8%
Australia	6	8%
United Kingdom	5	7%
Canada	4	5%
New Zealand	2	3%
Chile	1	1%
Netherlands	1	1%
Malta	1	1%
Other	6	8%
Unknown	26	34%

Demographic breakdown

Type	Count	As %
Members of the public	59	78%
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals)	8	11%
Scientists	6	8%
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors)	3	4%

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Country	Count	As %
Brazil	2	<1%
United States	1	<1%
Unknown	410	99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status	Count	As %
Student > Master	73	18%
Student > Bachelor	47	11%
Researcher	45	11%
Student > Doctoral Student	32	8%
Other	28	7%
Other	95	23%
Unknown	93	23%

Readers by discipline	Count	As %
Medicine and Dentistry	138	33%
Nursing and Health Professions	37	9%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science	24	6%
Psychology	19	5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences	18	4%
Other	71	17%
Unknown	106	26%

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#311,390

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Outputs from Cochrane database of systematic reviews

#550

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#2,144

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Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews

#18

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Topical herbal therapies for treating osteoarthritis

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