ReviewJournal of dental anesthesia and pain medicine2020
The effect of vibratory stimulus on pain perception during intraoral local anesthesia administration in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Immunoglobulin-mediated immune dysregulation in recurrent pregnancy loss: mechanisms, biomarkers, and therapeutic perspectives.Immunologic research · 2026Review
- Impact of Anesthetic Cream and Vibration on Injection Pain in Lymphedema.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of combined extraoral vibration and cooling on pain perception due to inferior alveolar nerve block administration in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of dental anesthesia and pain medicine · 2025Review
- Effectiveness of an External Cooling and Vibrating Device vs Counterstimulation in Reducing Discomfort of Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block in Pediatric Dental Patients: A Single-blinded Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2024Article
- The combined effect of extraoral vibratory stimulus and external cooling on pain perception during intra-oral local anesthesia administration in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of dental anesthesia and pain medicine · 2022Review
- Noninvasive Vibratory Stimulation on Pediatric Pain Scores during Intravenous Cannulation in a Selected Hospital in the United Arab Emirates.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchArticle
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Abstract
backgroundTo evaluate the effectiveness of vibration as a counter-stimulatory measure in reducing subjective pain due to local anesthesia administration in children.
methodsElectronic databases (PubMed, Ovid SP, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials) were searched until April 2020. Studies were screened by titles and abstracts, followed by full text evaluation of the included studies.
resultsA total of seven studies involving 376 children aged 5-17 years were included in the systematic review and meta-analysis. The meta-analysis compared vibration as a counter-stimulatory measure with no vibration as a comparator. The primary outcome evaluated was pain perception or subjective pain reported by the child. The secondary outcome evaluated was objective pain evaluated in each study. The pooled mean difference favored vibration to be effective for the first outcome.
conclusionWithin the limits of this systematic review, low quality evidence suggests that vibration as a counter-stimulatory measure is effective in reducing the subjective pain reported by children during local anesthesia administration.
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