Below is a partial list of research publications and other articles written or co-authored by Dr. Charles Elder. To learn more about each topic, you can read the paper or abstract by clicking (or copying and pasting into your browser) the provided link.
Comparative effectiveness of usual care with or without chiropractic care in patients with recurrent musculoskeletal back and neck pain.
Read more: https://rdcu.be/1TH3
Reliability of Self-Reported Constitutional Questionnaires in Ayurveda Diagnosis. Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine.
Read more: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaim.2017.04.011
Provider and Patient Perspectives on Opioids and Alternative Treatments for Managing Chronic Pain: A Qualitative Study.
Read more: https://bmcfampract.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12875-016-0566-0
Primary care physicians, acupuncture and chiropractic clinicians, and chronic pain patients: A qualitative analysis of communication and care coordination patterns.
Read more: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/16/30
Effects of Stress Reduction using the Transcendental Meditation Program in Family and Professional Caregivers: A Pilot Study.
Read more: http://clinmedjournals.org/articles/ianhc/international-archives-of-nursing-and-health-care-ianhc-1-011.pdf
Acupuncture and Chiropractic Care: Utilization and Electronic Medical Record Capture.
Read more: https://www.ajmc.com/journals/issue/2015/2015-vol21-n7/acupuncture-and-chiropractic-care-utilization-and-electronic-medical-record-capture
Effect of Transcendental Meditation on Employee Stress, Depression, and Burnout: A Randomized Controlled Study.
Read more: http://www.thepermanentejournal.org/issues/2014/winter/5591-transcendental-meditation.html
Use of Alternative Medicine for Weight Loss among Mexican American Women.
Read more: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3604092/
Reductions in Medication Use Associated with Traditional Chinese Medicine for Chronic Pain.
Read more: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3442756/
Randomized Trial of Tapas Acupressure Technique for Weight Loss Maintenance.
Read more: https://bmccomplementalternmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-6882-12-19
Impact of sleep, screen time, depression and stress on weight change in the intensive weight loss phase of the LIFE study.
Read more: https://www.nature.com/articles/ijo201160
Acceptability of Group Acupuncture Clinics at a Health Maintenance Organization: A Qualitative Report. Medical Acupuncture.
Read more: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/acu.2011.0789
An HMO-Based Prospective Pilot Study of Energy Medicine for Chronic Headaches: Whole-Person Outcomes Point to the Need for New Instrumentation.
Read more: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3191377/
Integrating Herbs and Supplements in Managed Care: A Pharmacy Perspective.
Read more: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3037125/
Randomized Trial of Two Mind-Body Interventions for Weight Loss Maintenance.
Read more: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17309380
Randomized Trial of a Whole System Ayurvedic Protocol for Type 2 Diabetes.
Read more: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17017752
Ayur-Veda for Diabetes Mellitus: A Review of the Biomedical Literature.
Read more: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14727499