Trial reportYonsei medical journal2021
Effects of Electrical Automatic Massage on Cognition and Sleep Quality in Alzheimer's Disease Spectrum Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Trial report in Yonsei medical journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Effects of Muscle Relaxation on Cognitive Function in Patients With Mild Cognitive Impairment and Early Stage Dementia.
New Generation Automatic Massage Chairs: Testing Various Massage Protocols for Promoting Relaxation and Favoring Sleep Efficiency in Healthy Individuals
Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Interventions to Improve Sleep in People with Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Pooled it
- New Generation Automatic Massage Chairs for Enhancing Daytime Naps: A Crossover Placebo-Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Analysis of acupoint massage combined with touch on relieving anxiety and pain in patients with oral implant surgery.World journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purposeMuscle relaxation following electrical automatic massage (EAM) has been found to reduce fatigue, depression, stress, anxiety, and pain in individuals with various conditions. However, the effects of EAM have not been extensively explored in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). MATERIALS AND
methodsHere, we conducted a randomized controlled study to evaluate the effects of EAM on the cognitive and non-cognitive functions of patients with AD spectrum disorders.
resultsWe found that EAM attenuated changes in attention-associated cognitive scores and subjective sleep quality relative to those in controls.
conclusionWhile further studies in a clinical setting are needed to support our findings, these encouraging results suggest that EAM may be an alternative therapy for the management of associated symptoms in AD (ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03507192, 24/04/2018).
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