Burn Injuries Benefit from Massage Therapy
| Autor: | Tammy Tuchel, Iris Burman, Tiffany Field, Scott Krugman, Michael D. Peck, Cynthia M. Kuhn, Saul M. Schanberg |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Hydrocortisone Visual analogue scale media_common.quotation_subject Pain Anger Anxiety law.invention Randomized controlled trial law medicine Humans General Nursing Depression (differential diagnoses) media_common Massage Wound Healing Depression business.industry Standard treatment Rehabilitation Debridement McGill Pain Questionnaire General Health Professions Emergency Medicine Physical therapy Female Surgery medicine.symptom Burns business Stress Psychological |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation. 19:241-244 |
| ISSN: | 0273-8481 |
| Popis: | Twenty-eight adult patients with burns were randomly assigned before debridement to either a massage therapy group or a standard treatment control group. State anxiety and cortisol levels decreased, and behavior ratings of state, activity, vocalizations, and anxiety improved after the massage therapy sessions on the first and last days of treatment. Longer-term effects were also significantly better for the massage therapy group including decreases in depression and anger, and decreased pain on the McGill Pain Questionnaire, Present Pain Intensity scale, and Visual Analogue Scale. Although the underlying mechanisms are not known, these data suggest that debridement sessions were less painful after the massage therapy sessions due to a reduction in anxiety, and that the clinical course was probably enhanced as the result of a reduction in pain, anger, and depression. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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