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Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Comparisons between Manual Lymph Drainage, Abdominal Massage, and Electrical Stimulation on Functional Constipation Outcomes: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.

Jacqueline S Drouin, Lucinda Pfalzer, Jung Myo Shim, Seong Jung Kim

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06069908 (The Effect of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Edema, Grip Strength, Dexterity and Quality of Life in Upper Extremity Lymphedema), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT06069908 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

The Effect of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Edema, Grip Strength, Dexterity and Quality of Life in Upper Extremity Lymphedema

TypeinterventionalSponsorSeda SakaRan2023 to 2024Enrolled27ConditionsQuality of Life, Lymphedema, Hand Grasp, GripArmsComplex Decongestive Treatment, Sham transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation, Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation, Exercise
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jacqueline S DrouinSchool of Health Sciences, Oakland University, 433 Meadow Brook Road, Rochester, MI 48309-4451, USA.
Lucinda PfalzerPhysical Therapy Department, University of Michigan-Flint, 2157 WSW Bldg., Flint, MI 48502-195, USA.
Jung Myo ShimDepartment of Skin and Health Care, Suseong University, 15 Dalgubeol-daero 528-gil, Suseong-gu, Daegu 13557, Korea.
Seong Jung KimDepartment of Physical Therapy, College of Health and Science, Kangwon National University, 346, Hwangjo-gil, Dogye-eup, Samcheok-si, Gangwon-do 24341, Korea.
Kangwon National University · KROakland University · USUniversity of Michigan–Flint · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEvidence supports abdominal massage (AM) or electrical stimulation (ES) as effective in treating functional constipation (FC). Manual lymph drainage (MLD) may also be beneficial, however, it was not previously investigated or compared to ES and AM.

methodsSixteen college-aged males and 36 females were recruited. Participants were randomly assigned to MLD, AM or ES. Heart rate variability (HRV) measures for total power (TP), high frequency (HF), low frequency and LF/HF ratio assessed ANS outcomes. state-trait anxiety inventory (STAI) and stress response inventory (SRI) assessed psychological factors and bowel movement frequency (BMF) and duration (BMD) were recorded daily.

resultsMLD significantly improved all ANS measures (p≤0.01); AM significantly improved LF, HF and LF/HF ratios (p = 0.04); and ES significantly improved LF (p = 0.1). STAI measures improved, but not significantly in all groups. SRI improved significantly from MLD (p < 0.01), AM (p = 0.04) and ES (p < 0.01), but changes were not significant between groups. BMD improved significantly in all groups (p≤ 0.02). BMF improved significantly only following MLD and AM (p < 0.1), but differences between groups were not significant (p = 0.39).

conclusionsMLD significantly reduced FC symptoms and MLD had greater improvements than AM or ES.

Indexed as

Electric StimulationManual Lymphatic DrainageMassageConstipationFemaleHeart RateHumansMaleYoung Adultbowel movementconstipationelectrical stimulationheart rate variabilitymanual lymph drainagemassagestress and anxiety

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