ArticleJournal of chiropractic medicine2022
Effect of Topical Sesame Oil on the Severity of Pain in Patients With Limb Trauma: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
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- Alleviating severity of limb trauma pain with coadministration of topical sesame oil and standard treatments: A GRADE-assessed systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.International wound journal · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of oral sesame oil gelatin capsules on episiotomy pain in primiparous women: a triple-blind randomized controlled trial.Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2025Article
- Efficacy of Topical Chamomile and Dill Oil on Abdominal Obesity in Women Ages 25-55 Years: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2025Article
- Parenteral, Non-Intravenous Analgesia in Acute Traumatic Pain-A Narrative Review Based on a Systematic Literature Search.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
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Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of topical use of sesame oil on pain severity in patients with limb trauma. Methods: A placebo-controlled randomized controlled trial was conducted on 120 patients with nonpenetrating upper and lower limb traumas admitted to the trauma emergency department. The patients were allocated to either the sesame oil group or the placebo group using the stratified random sampling technique based on trauma size and age. Depending on the trauma area, sesame or placebo oil were poured on the trauma site and massaged for 5 to 7 minutes. The intervention was repeated twice a day for 3 days at home. Pain severity was measured using the numeric pain scale before intervention on the first day and 30 minutes after each intervention for 3 days, twice a day. Data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical tests including the independent Results: The decreasing trend of pain was significant in both the intervention and placebo groups ( Conclusion: This study showed that despite less use of analgesics in the intervention group than in the placebo group, sesame oil did not have any statistically significant effects on the severity of limb trauma pain. Further research is needed regarding the effect of topical sesame oil application on pain as a safe and uncomplicated intervention.
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