ArticleWorld journal of plastic surgery2014
The effect of shiatsu massage on pain reduction in burn patients.
Article in World journal of plastic surgery, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Effects of massage therapy on pain and anxiety intensity in patients with burns: A systematic review and meta-analysis.International wound journal · 2023Pooled it
- Flurbiprofen Axetil Enhances Analgesic Effects of Sufentanil and Attenuates Postoperative Emergence Agitation and Systemic Proinflammation in Patients Undergoing Tangential Excision Surgery.Mediators of inflammation · 2015Trial
- Effect of Multimedia Self-Care Education on Quality of Life in Burn Patients.World journal of plastic surgery · 2017Article
- The Effect ofWorld journal of plastic surgery · 2017Article
- The Effect of Massage on Anticipatory Anxiety and Procedural Pain in Patients with Burn Injury.World journal of plastic surgery · 2017Article
- The effect of shiatsu massage on underlying anxiety in burn patients.World journal of plastic surgery · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundBurn is a tragedy that follows multiple problems in a patient including pain, anxiety and lack of confidence into medical team. This study evaluated the effect of shiatsu massage on pain intensity of burn patients.
methodsA total of 120 burn patients from Motahhari Burn Hospital and of both genders were randomly divided into 4 groups of undergoing hand massage, leg massage, both hand and leg massages, and the control group. The effect of shiatsu massage in pain relief of burned patients was evaluated. The visual analog scale (VAS) was used to assess pain in burn patients.
resultsPain intensity in the control group before and after the intervention was not statistically significant (p=1). In all massage groups, the difference for pain intensity before and after the intervention was statistically significant.
conclusionAccording to our data, shiatsu method over both hands and legs were effective in pain reduction and can be recommended together with analgesics to decrease the dose.
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