title: Evidence for the efficacy of a bioresonance method in smoking cessation: a pilot study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Since the 1970s, MORA bioresonance therapy has globally been applied in the context of complementary medicine for various indications. In this regard, practitioners also report successful application in smoking cessation. The present study aims to verify these reports in a controlled study setting.
  
  
  METHODS
  In order to achieve the aforementioned objective, we subjected the bioresonance method to a prospective, placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel-group study involving 190 smokers. In both study groups (placebo n = 95; active bioresonance group; n = 95) the course of treatment and study conditions were standardized.
  
  
  RESULTS
  1 week (77.2% vs. 54.8%), 2 weeks (62.4% vs. 34.4%), 1 month (51.1% vs. 28.6%), and 1 year (28.6% vs. 16.1%) after treatment, the success rate in the verum group differed significantly from the results in the placebo group. Also, the subjective health condition after treatment and subjective assessment of efficacy, polled after 1 week, were significantly more positive among participants in the active bioresonance therapy group than among those in the placebo group. Adverse side effects were not observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  According to the findings attained by this pilot study, bioresonance therapy is clinically effective in smoking cessation and does not show any adverse side effects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aylin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pihtili
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Galle
authors.forename: Caglar
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cuhadaroglu
authors.forename: Zeki
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kilicaslan
authors.forename: Halim
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Issever
authors.forename: Feyza
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Erkan
authors.forename: Tulin
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cagatay
authors.forename: Ziya
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gulbaran
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000592:standards*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014421:Turkey; D055815:Young Adult