Nisha J Manek

Summary

Affiliation: Mayo Clinic
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi The association of body mass index and osteoarthritis of the knee joint: an examination of genetic and environmental influences
    Nisha J Manek
    Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology Unit, St Thomas Hospital, London, UK
    Arthritis Rheum 48:1024-9. 2003
  2. ncbi Epidemiology of back disorders: prevalence, risk factors, and prognosis
    Nisha J Manek
    Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
    Curr Opin Rheumatol 17:134-40. 2005
  3. ncbi Primary Raynaud phenomenon and small-fiber neuropathy: is there a connection? A pilot neurophysiologic study
    Nisha J Manek
    Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
    Rheumatol Int 31:577-85. 2011
  4. ncbi What rheumatologists in the United States think of complementary and alternative medicine: results of a national survey
    Nisha J Manek
    Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
    BMC Complement Altern Med 10:5. 2010
  5. ncbi A new perspective on "the placebo effect": untangling the entanglement
    Nisha J Manek
    Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
    Med Hypotheses 77:614-9. 2011
  6. ncbi Impact of FUTON and NAA bias on visibility of research
    Narayana S Murali
    Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minn 55905, USA
    Mayo Clin Proc 79:1001-6. 2004

Detail Information

Publications6

  1. ncbi The association of body mass index and osteoarthritis of the knee joint: an examination of genetic and environmental influences
    Nisha J Manek
    Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology Unit, St Thomas Hospital, London, UK
    Arthritis Rheum 48:1024-9. 2003
    ..To examine the genetic and environmental influences on the known association between body mass index (BMI) and knee osteoarthritis (OA), using adult twin data...
  2. ncbi Epidemiology of back disorders: prevalence, risk factors, and prognosis
    Nisha J Manek
    Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
    Curr Opin Rheumatol 17:134-40. 2005
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  3. ncbi Primary Raynaud phenomenon and small-fiber neuropathy: is there a connection? A pilot neurophysiologic study
    Nisha J Manek
    Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
    Rheumatol Int 31:577-85. 2011
    ..The presence of SFN raises the possibility that a subset of patients with primary RP have an underlying, subclinical small-fiber dysfunction. These data open new avenues of research and therapeutics for this common condition...
  4. ncbi What rheumatologists in the United States think of complementary and alternative medicine: results of a national survey
    Nisha J Manek
    Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
    BMC Complement Altern Med 10:5. 2010
    ..We wanted to determine whether rheumatologists' perceptions of the efficacy of CAM therapies and their willingness to recommend them relate to their demographic characteristics, geographic location, or clinical practices...
  5. ncbi A new perspective on "the placebo effect": untangling the entanglement
    Nisha J Manek
    Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
    Med Hypotheses 77:614-9. 2011
    ..Thus, the placebo becomes information entangled with the other subsystems in the overall experiment, including the treatment, and the end result is that the treatment and the placebo may behave in a very similar fashion...
  6. ncbi Impact of FUTON and NAA bias on visibility of research
    Narayana S Murali
    Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minn 55905, USA
    Mayo Clin Proc 79:1001-6. 2004
    ..Failure to consider this bias may affect a journal's impact factor. Also, it could limit consideration of medical literature by ignoring relevant NAA articles and thereby influence medical education akin to publication or language bias...