Crawford C

ORCID: 0000-0003-0256-8014 · 4 papers in corpus
2026
Vaginal bacteria-derived extracellular vesicles diffuse through human cervicovaginal mucus to enable microbe-host signaling.
NPJ biofilms and microbiomes ·doi:10.1038/s41522-025-00866-9

The composition of the vaginal microenvironment has significant implications for gynecologic and obstetric outcomes. Where a Lactobacillus-dominated microenvironment is considered optimal, a polymicrobial environment is associated with incr…

meta-analysis 2019
Are Invasive Procedures Effective for Chronic Pain? A Systematic Review
Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) ·doi:10.1093/pm/pny154

OBJECTIVE: To assess the evidence for the safety and efficacy of invasive procedures for reducing chronic pain and improving function and health-related quality of life compared with sham (placebo) procedures. DESIGN: Systematic review wit…

2015
To what extent are surgery and invasive procedures effective beyond a placebo response? A systematic review with meta-analysis of randomised, sham controlled trials.
BMJ open ·doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009655

ObjectivesTo assess the quantity and quality of randomised, sham-controlled studies of surgery and invasive procedures and estimate the treatment-specific and non-specific effects of those procedures.DesignSystematic review and meta-analysi…

2012
The effectiveness of acupuncture research across components of the trauma spectrum response (tsr): a systematic review of reviews.
Systematic reviews ·doi:10.1186/2046-4053-1-46

UnlabelledBackgroundCo-morbid symptoms (for example, chronic pain, depression, anxiety, and fatigue) are particularly common in military fighters returning from the current conflicts, who have experienced physical and/or psychological traum…