Massage For Pain Research Articles

Acupuncture vs Massage for Pain in Patients Living With Advanced Cancer

Pain is challenging for patients with advanced cancer. While recent guidelines recommend acupuncture and massage for cancer pain, their comparative effectiveness is unknown. To compare the effects of acupuncture and massage on musculoskeletal pain among patients with advanced cancer. A multicenter pragmatic randomized clinical trial was conducted at US cancer care centers consisting of a northeastern comprehensive cancer center and a southeastern cancer institute from September 19, 2019, through February 23, 2022. The principal investigator and study statisticians were blinded to treatment assignments. The duration of follow-up was 26 weeks. Intention-to-treat analyses were performed (linear mixed models). Participants included patients with advanced cancer with moderate to severe pain and clinician-estimated life expectancy of 6 months or more. Patient recruitment strategy was multipronged (eg, patient database queries, mailings, referrals, community outreach). Eligible patients had English or Spanish as their first language, were older than 18 years, and had a Karnofsky score greater than or equal to 60 (range, 0-100; higher scores indicating less functional impairment). Weekly acupuncture or massage for 10 weeks with monthly booster sessions up to 26 weeks. The primary end point was the change in worst pain intensity score from baseline to 26 weeks. The secondary outcomes included fatigue, insomnia, and quality of life. The Brief Pain Inventory (range, 0-10; higher numbers indicate worse pain intensity or interference) was used to measure the primary outcome. The secondary outcomes included fatigue, insomnia, and quality of life. A total of 298 participants were enrolled (mean [SD] age, 58.7 [14.1] years, 200 [67.1%] were women, 33 [11.1%] Black, 220 [74.1%] White, 46 [15.4%] Hispanic, and 78.5% with solid tumors). The mean (SD) baseline worst pain score was 6.9 (1.5). During 26 weeks, acupuncture reduced the worst pain score, with a mean change of -2.53 (95% CI, -2.92 to -2.15) points, and massage reduced the Brief Pain Inventory worst pain score, with a mean change of -3.01 (95% CI, -3.38 to -2.63) points; the between-group difference was not significant (-0.48; 95% CI, -0.98 to 0.03; P = .07). Both treatments also improved fatigue, insomnia, and quality of life without significant between-group differences. Adverse events were mild and included bruising (6.5% of patients receiving acupuncture) and transient soreness (15.1% patients receiving massage). In this randomized clinical trial among patients with advanced cancer, both acupuncture and massage were associated with pain reduction and improved fatigue, insomnia, and quality of life over 26 weeks; however, there was no significant different between the treatments. More research is needed to evaluate how best to integrate these approaches into pain treatment to optimize symptom management for the growing population of people living with advanced cancer. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04095234.

Myofascial Massage for Pain and Immobility Following Breast Cancer Surgery

Myofascial Massage for Pain and Immobility Following Breast Cancer Surgery

Massage for pain: an overview of systematic reviews

<b>Objective:</b> This article is aimed at critically evaluating the evidence for or against the effectiveness of massage therapy on pain. <b>Design:</b> Review of systematic reviews. <b>Methods:</b> Six databases were searched from their inceptions to June 2013. Systematic reviews (SRs) of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of any type of manual massage (MM) with any type of pain as the outcome measure were considered eligible. The methodological quality of the included SRs was assessed using the Oxman criteria. Results: Thirty-nine SRs met the inclusion criteria. Most of them were of high methodological quality. Twenty-one SRs arrived at equivocal conclusions (of these 13 were of high quality); 13 drew positive conclusions (of these 10 were of high quality); and 5 arrived at negative conclusions (of these 2 were of high quality). Unanimously positive conclusions were reached for cancerrelated pain, dysmenorrhea, labor pain, low back pain, neck pain and shoulder pain. Negative conclusions were drawn for tension-type headache, fibromyalgia and irritable bowel syndrome. <b>Conclusions:</b> A wide variety of MM techniques were examined, including acupressure, aromatherapy, classical massage, connective tissue, Deep Transversal Friction Massage, ischemic compression, lymphatic drainage, myofascial, reflexology, Shiatsu, soft tissue massage, Thai massage and Tui na. The majority of high quality SRs showed moderate effectiveness of MM in the management of certain types of pain.

The effectiveness of therapeutic massage in neck pain – prospective, preliminary studies

Objective. Assessment of the efficacy of classic (Swedish) therapeutical massage in pain of cervical spine. <br>Materials & methods. 25 people with pain of cervical spine treated with massage were evaluated. NDI and selfconstructed questionnaires were used. Patients were examined before and after therapy. Results were statistically analyzed. <br>Results. Before the massage 48% of the subjects felt moderate pain, after it 60% felt very little pain. The massage was effective in all categories of NDI, it was not significant only in category: lifting. The efficacy of the massage in men and w o m e n w e r e c o m p a r a b l e i n 8 categories. It was higher in women in categories: reading and headache. Age had no impact on efficacy of the massage in every category. <br>Conclusion. After massage the intensity of pain and the disabilities of functioning of cervical spine were reduced. Sex and age were not differentiating factors of the efficacy of the massage.

Massage for pain: an overview of systematic reviews

Objective: This article is aimed at critically evaluating the evidence for or against the effectiveness of massage therapy on pain. Design: Review of systematic reviews. Methods: Six databases were searched from their inceptions to June 2013. Systematic reviews (SRs) of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of any type of manual massage (MM) with any type of pain as the outcome measure were considered eligible. The methodological quality of the included SRs was assessed using the Oxman criteria. Results: Thirty-nine SRs met the inclusion criteria. Most of them were of high methodological quality. Twenty-one SRs arrived at equivocal conclusions (of these 13 were of high quality); 13 drew positive conclusions (of these 10 were of high quality); and 5 arrived at negative conclusions (of these 2 were of high quality ) . Unanimously positive conclusions were reached for cancerrelated pain, dysmenorrhea, labor pain, low back pain, neck pain and shoulder pain. Negative conclusions were drawn for tension-type headache, fibromyalgia and irritable bowel syndrome . Conclusions: A wide variety of MM techniques were examined, including acupressure, aromatherapy, classical massage, connective tissue, Deep Transversal Friction Massage, ischemic compression, lymphatic drainage, myofascial, reflexology, Shiatsu, soft tissue massage, Thai massage and Tui na. The majority of high quality SRs showed moderate effectiveness of MM in the management of certain types of pain.

The Effect of Hot Pack and Massage for Pain in Maintenance of Face-Down Posture : An Examination of Healthy Adults Aged 60 Years and Older

The Effect of Hot Pack and Massage for Pain in Maintenance of Face-Down Posture : An Examination of Healthy Adults Aged 60 Years and Older

The Effect of Hot Pack and Massage for Pain in Maintenance of Face-Down Posture

The Effect of Hot Pack and Massage for Pain in Maintenance of Face-Down Posture

Effectiveness of Hand Massage vs Foot Massage for Pain in Incision Site among Post-cesarean Mothers Admitted in Obstetrical Care Units at Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry

Effectiveness of Hand Massage vs Foot Massage for Pain in Incision Site among Post-cesarean Mothers Admitted in Obstetrical Care Units at Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry

The Effects of Massage Therapy after Decompression and Fusion Surgery of the Lumbar Spine: a Case Study

Spinal fusion and decompression surgery of the lumbar spine are common procedures for problems such as disc herniations. Various studies for postoperative interventions have been conducted; however, no massage therapy studies have been completed. The objective of this study is to determine if massage therapy can beneficially treat pain and dysfunction associated with lumbar spinal decompression and fusion surgery. Client is a 47-year-old female who underwent spinal decompression and fusion surgery of L4/L5 due to chronic disc herniation symptoms. The research design was a case study in a private clinic involving the applications of seven, 30-minute treatments conducted over eight weeks. Common Swedish massage and myofascial techniques were applied to the back, shoulders, posterior hips, and posterior legs. Outcomes were assessed using the following measures: VAS pain scale, Hamstring Length Test, Oswestry Disability Index, and the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire. Hamstring length improved (in degrees of extension) from pretreatment measurements in the right leg of 40° and left leg 65° to post-treatment measurement at the final visit, when the results were right 50° and left 70°. The Oswestry Disability Index improved 14%, from 50% to 36% disability. Roland-Morris Disability decreased 1 point, from 3/24 to 2/24. The VAS pain score decreased by 2 points after most treatments, and for three of the seven treatments, client had a post-treatment score of 0/10. Massage for pain had short-term effects. Massage therapy seemed to lengthen the hamstrings bilaterally. Massage therapy does appear to have positive effects in the reduction of disability. This study is beneficial for understanding the relationship between massage therapy and clients who have undergone spinal decompression and fusion. Further research is warranted.