ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2012
Training Self-Administered Acupressure Exercise among Postmenopausal Women with Osteoarthritic Knee Pain: A Feasibility Study and Lessons Learned.
Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02526446 (A Randomized, Wait-list Controlled Trial of Self-administered Acupressure for Symptom Management Among Chinese Family Caregivers With Caregiver Stress), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers.
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A Randomized, Wait-list Controlled Trial of Self-administered Acupressure for Symptom Management Among Chinese Family Caregivers With Caregiver Stress
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12 citing papers in PubMed.
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- The effect of self-administered acupressure on pain severity and sleep quality of patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2024Trial
- Self-Administered Acupressure for Probable Knee Osteoarthritis in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2024Trial
- A randomized controlled trial on the effect of focal thermal therapy at acupressure points treating osteoarthritis of the knee.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2021Trial
- Self-administered acupressure for symptom management among Chinese family caregivers with caregiver stress: a randomized, wait-list controlled trial.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2016Trial
- The Feasibility and Effects of Self-Acupressure on Symptom Burden and Quality of Life in Hemodialysis Patients: A Pilot RCT.Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2024Article
- Comparison of the Effects of Self-Administered Moxibustion versus Acupressure on Blood Pressure, Stress, Sleep Quality, and Quality of Life in Hypertensive Patients: A Randomized Parallel Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- A bibliometric analysis of traditional Chinese non-pharmacological therapies in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis from 2012 to 2022.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Review
- Contemporary acupressure therapy: Adroit cure for painless recovery of therapeutic ailments.Journal of traditional and complementary medicine · 2017Review
- Analysis and Thoughts about the Negative Results of International Clinical Trials on Acupuncture.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2015Review
- Effectiveness of acupressure versus isometric exercise on pain, stiffness, and physical function in knee osteoarthritis female patients.Journal of advanced research · 2014Article
- The effect of convalescent meridian acupressure after exercise on stress hormones and lactic acid concentration changes.Journal of exercise rehabilitation · 2013Article
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Abstract
Background. Osteoarthritis (OA) is more prevalent in women, particularly after menopausal age. Women are more likely to seek complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) approaches. We examined the feasibility of training self-administered acupressure exercise and assessed its impact on OA symptoms among women with knee OA. Methods. Thirty-six eligible postmenopausal women were randomly assigned in the acupressure exercise group (n = 15) or the control group (n = 21) for 12 weeks. Feasibility outcomes (e.g., compliance and adverse effects) and clinical outcomes (e.g., pain, stiffness, and physical function) were assessed. Data were collected at baseline, 6 weeks and 12 weeks. Both per-protocol and intention-to-treat analysis were employed. Results. The training materials were well received. The feedback from participants suggests that self-administered acupressure exercise is easy to learn and safe to perform at home, although no statistically significant results of the clinical outcome were observed. Our findings didn't reveal superiority or inferiority of acupressure compared with usual care. Conclusion. Acupressure exercise is feasible to be trained among postmenopausal women with knee osteoarthritis. Due to the limitations of this study such as small sample size and high attrition rate, acupressure's efficacy needs to be further explored in larger scale studies with more rigorous design.
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