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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Complement Ther Med. 2017 Feb 5;31:53–58. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2017.02.001

Table 2.

Percentage prevalence (and 95% confidence intervals) of CAM therapies used in children (≥ 4 years) with MSK conditions (overall and broken down into type of MSK condition) compared to those without MSK conditions.

Children without MSK conditions (N = 8,707) Children with MSK conditions (N = 1,511) Among children with MSK conditions
Neck or back pain (N = 651) Sprain (N= 439) Muscle, bone or joint pain (N= 936)
Manipulation therapies 2.1 (1.8–2.5) 14.8 (12.6–17.2) 25.2 (21.5–29.4) 13.1 (9.7–17.5) 12.5 (10.0–15.6)
Non-vitamin, non-mineral supplements 3.6 (3.2–4.0) 10.9 (9.2–12.9) 13.8 (11.0–17.2) 11.3 (8.2–15.2) 11.8 (9.6–14.5)
Mind-body therapies 3.1 (2.7–3.6) 7.6 (6.2–9.2) 9.1 (7.0–11.8) 7.5 (5.2–10.7) 8.1 (6.3–10.5)
Movement therapies 0.2 (0.1–0.3) 1.7 (1.1–2.7) 1.8 (1.0–3.2) 3.4 (1.8–6.2) 1.6 (0.8–3.0)
Special diet 0.5 (0.3–0.7) 2.0 (1.3–3.1) 1.5 (0.8–2.9) 3.1 (1.5–6.2) 1.8 (1.1–3.2)
Other CAM use 1.7 (1.3–2.1) 4.5 (3.4–5.9) 6.0 (4.3–8.4) 5.4 (3.4–8.4) 3.8 (2.7–5.5)