Randomized Controlled Trials of Pediatric Massage: A Review
| العنوان: | Randomized Controlled Trials of Pediatric Massage: A Review |
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| المؤلفون: | Christopher A. Moyer, Shay Beider |
| المصدر: | Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 23-34 (2007) |
| بيانات النشر: | Oxford University Press, 2006. |
| سنة النشر: | 2006 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | integrative medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, Pathology, MEDLINE, Review, law.invention, Randomized controlled trial, touch, law, Internal medicine, comfort, Medicine, child, Massage, CAM, business.industry, lcsh:Other systems of medicine, lcsh:RZ201-999, health care, Negative mood, Complementary and alternative medicine, Pediatric massage, pain management, quality of life, Anxiety, kid, Narrative review, Arthritis pain, medicine.symptom, business |
| الوصف: | The existing reviews of massage therapy (MT) research are either limited to infants, adults, or were conducted prior to the publication of the most recent studies using pediatric samples. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of pediatric MT are reviewed. A literature search yielded 24 RCTs of pediatric MT, defined as the manual manipulation of soft tissue intended to promote health and well-being in recipients between 2 and 19 years of age. Because RCTs of pediatric MT varied considerably in the amount and types of data reported, quantitative and narrative review methods were both used. Single-dose and multiple-dose effects were examined separately. Among single-dose effects, significant reductions of state anxiety were observed at the first session (g= 0.59,P< 0.05) and the last session (g= 1.10,P< 0.01) of a course of treatment. Effects for salivary cortisol (g= 0.28), negative mood (g= 0.52) and behavior (g= 0.37) were non-significant. Three of eleven multiple-dose effects were statistically significant. These were trait anxiety (g= 0.94,P< 0.05), muscle tone (g= 0.90,P< 0.01) and arthritis pain (g= 1.33,P< 0.01). Results of studies not permitting effect size calculation were judged to be generally consistent with quantitative results. MT benefits pediatric recipients, though not as universally as sometimes reported. Numerous weaknesses endemic to MT research (e.g. low statistical power, frequent failure to report basic descriptive statistics) are identified, and recommendations for future pediatric MT research are discussed. |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1741-4288 1741-427X |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::18894becd5a8ad01102663d2689313aa http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1810360 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....18894becd5a8ad01102663d2689313aa |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 17414288 1741427X |
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