Sara Baghani; Ali Khorsand Vakil Zadeh; Mossareza Tadayyon far; MohammadHasan Rakhshani; Mehdi Asadi
Volume 20, Issue 5 , March and April 2014, , Pages 696-705
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Background and Purpose: Appendicitis is the most common cause of acute abdomen in the world, and like other surgical procedures, the postoperative pain is one of the most common problems. Nowadays people tend to use non-drug methods and alternative medicine for reducing the effects of drug side effects. ...
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Background and Purpose: Appendicitis is the most common cause of acute abdomen in the world, and like other surgical procedures, the postoperative pain is one of the most common problems. Nowadays people tend to use non-drug methods and alternative medicine for reducing the effects of drug side effects. Reflexology is one of these treatments which can reduce pain and stress by applying pressure on a specialized area of the hands, feet and ears. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of Reflexology massage on pain relief after appendectomy surgery.
Materials and Methods: This critical trial study has performed in the emergency department of the Imam Reza Hospital, in Mashhad in 1392. Pain level and analgesic intake of 105 patients were compared in three groups before, immediately, one, six and 24 hours after treatment. In intervention group a specific area in the right leg and Shenman part of the ear was pressed for ten and one minute respectively. In the control group the pressure was applied on the back of left foot and right earlobe. Patients in the control group received only routine care. The results were evaluated at 95% confidence level. Data analysis was performed with SPSS 21 software.
The results: The difference of mean pain level at baseline was not statistically significant in the different groups (P=0/430), but after the reflexology message there was a significant difference between the amount of pain in intervention group compared with two other groups (P≤0/001).
Conclusion: Reflexology is an effective method for pain relief of patients after appendectomy surgery and it is recommended nurses to apply this method for reducing pain of these patients.
Zahra Bostani Khalesi; Yasaman Yaghoubi; Mahmood Abedinzadeh
Volume 18, Issue 1 , March and April 2011, , Pages 6-12
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Background and Purpose: The use of complementary and alternative therapy is on the rise and massage therapy is one of these alternative procedures. The purpose of the present research was to determine the effect of field massage on the arterial blood oxygen saturation in neonates with respiratory distress ...
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Background and Purpose: The use of complementary and alternative therapy is on the rise and massage therapy is one of these alternative procedures. The purpose of the present research was to determine the effect of field massage on the arterial blood oxygen saturation in neonates with respiratory distress syndrome.
Methods and Materials: This clinical trial was conducted on 25 infants hospitalized with respiratory distress syndrome in the neonatal intensive care unit in Rasht Al-Zahra Hospital، Iran. An information record form (consisting of two sections: demographic information and a table for recording oxygen saturations) was used for data gathering، and pulse oxymeter was used for measuring Oxygen saturation. The information was collected in 3 consecutive days; the intervention took three 15-minute periods. Arterial blood oxygen saturation was recorded 5 minutes before massage، then neonates underwent a 15-minute massage; then within 5 and 15 minutes from the massage، the arterial blood oxygen saturation was measured and recorded again. The obtained data were analyzed in SPSS 16 using ANOVA.
Results: Mean arterial blood oxygen saturation at baseline (5 minutes before massage) was 93.44±0.46، five minutes after massage 94.22±0.41 and 15 minutes after the massage، it was 91.67±0.24. Mean arterial blood oxygen saturation during the three days of intervention was significantly different before and after the field technique massage (P
Z ABEDIAN; SB HASAN POUR AZGHADI; A FADAEI; Z ABBASI; H ESMAEILI
Volume 14, Issue 3 , September and October 2007, , Pages 172-178
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Background and purpose: Fatigue is common to pregnant women, 80% of whom consider fatigue as one of the ten health concerns. Affecting the nervous and muscular systems, massage therapy induces muscular relaxation, blood circulation and excretion of body waste including lactic acid which leads to energy ...
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Background and purpose: Fatigue is common to pregnant women, 80% of whom consider fatigue as one of the ten health concerns. Affecting the nervous and muscular systems, massage therapy induces muscular relaxation, blood circulation and excretion of body waste including lactic acid which leads to energy release. This study is therefore conducted to investigate the effect of massage on the intensity of labor fatigue in the primipara admitted to Bentolhoda Hospital in Bojnord, Iran in 2005.
Methods and Materials: This clinical trial was conducted on 62 primiparous women (18 to 32 years old) who were candidates of natural labor. The subjects were purposively selected and randomly assigned into massage therapy and conventional caregiving. The former (32 subjects) received back or leg massage or both. But the latter (the control group) received no massage therapy. Fatigue intensity before and 30 minutes after intervention were measured and recorded by a visual scale over the three labor phases. The data were analyzed in SPSS using student t- test, paired t- test, chi-square and linear test. Results: Significant differences, across the two groups, were observed in the fatigue intensity of the latent phase and the transition phase but not in the active phase. Before and after means were statistically different in the transition phase for the massage therapy group.
Conclusion: Massage therapy reduces the fatigue intensity of latent and transition phases. As labor fatigue intensity is lightest during the transition phase, massage therapy can be applied in pregnant women, as a non- invasive and conservative procedure, in order to relieve fatigue intensity and to enhance their health and well being.
M GHAHRAMANI; M BASIRI MOGHADAM; L BADAEE
Volume 13, Issue 3 , September and October 2006, , Pages 140-144
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Background and Purpose: Sensory stimulation is one of the basic needs of human beings, particularly, for growth and development. However, preterm infants are deprived of Kinesthetic stimulation due to limitations of nursing care and occasionally due to relative isolation periods. Also, painful and additional ...
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Background and Purpose: Sensory stimulation is one of the basic needs of human beings, particularly, for growth and development. However, preterm infants are deprived of Kinesthetic stimulation due to limitations of nursing care and occasionally due to relative isolation periods. Also, painful and additional manipulations cause physiologic dystrophy (hypoxia and heartbeat changes). Therefore, this study was conducted to study the effects of field massage on the physiologic responses of preterm infants and to assure its usage.
Methods and Materials: The present study is a quasi-experimental research, conducted on 20 stable preterm infants who were selected by purposive sampling. Field massage was given for 10 days, three 15-minute times in three hours. Heart rate, respiratory rate and O2 saturation were recorded in four phases: just prior to the initiation of the intervention as the baseline time; at the eighth minute after the onset of intervention as time 1; just after the termination of intervention (the 15th minute) as time 2; and finally five minutes later (20 minutes after the initiation) as times 3.
Results: Mean heart rate was as follows: baseline time 133.29±0.58; time 1 was 139.68±0.54; time 2 was 133.31±0.57 and time 3 was 133.51±0.56. There was a significant difference between the four phases (p
M PILEVARZADEH; S SALARI; N SHAFIEE
Volume 11, Issue 4 , January and February 2005, , Pages 27-33
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Purpose: Nurses often look for ways to help control pain and stress following surgery and diseases while massage therapy is considered a comprehensive procedure to help patients cope with their disease and lower their anxiety. This study was intended to investigate the effects of short - term myofascial ...
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Purpose: Nurses often look for ways to help control pain and stress following surgery and diseases while massage therapy is considered a comprehensive procedure to help patients cope with their disease and lower their anxiety. This study was intended to investigate the effects of short - term myofascial trigger massage therapy to head, neck and shoulder areas on physiological parameters and relaxation.
Methods and Material: In this experimental study, the subjects were originally homogenized as for their age and sex and then assigned randomly into control and experimental groups. 40 subjects (half male and half female) with mean age of 21.5±1.8 (for males) and 20±1.4 (for females) participated in the study. For five minutes, their pulse, systolic and diastolic blood pressure as well as their conception of muscular tension and psychological status before and after the intervention were recorded.
Results: After massage therapy of myofacial trigger points, considerable reduction in the heart rate (P