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Back massage intervention for improving health and sleep quality among intensive care unit patients.

Nursing Critical Care, 2019
BACKGROUND A massage may relax muscles, improve blood circulation and reduce pain and anxiety while also improving sleep quality by increasing comfort. However, there is little research on whether a back massage improves sleep quality in intensive care ...
W. Hsu, Su-Er Guo, Chia-Hao Chang
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Effectiveness of breast massage in the treatment of women with breastfeeding problems: a systematic review.

The JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 2019
OBJECTIVES The aim of this systematic review was to identify the effectiveness of breast massage as a treatment for women with breastfeeding problems. More specifically, the objective was to identify if breast massage as an intervention led to less pain ...
Loretta Anderson, K. Kynoch, S. Kildea, N. Lee   +3 more
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Effects of aromatherapy massage on pain, functional state, and quality of life in an elderly individual with knee osteoarthritis.

Japan Journal of Nursing Science, 2019
AIM To investigate the effects of aromatherapy massage on pain, functional state and life quality of elderly individuals with knee osteoarthritis. METHODS This controlled and experimental study was conducted in two nursing homes.
S. Pehlivan, A. Karadakovan
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Effects of massage on outcomes of adult intensive care unit patients: a systematic review.

Nursing Critical Care, 2019
BACKGROUND The critical care experience is particularly stressful for patients, which can result in a number of physiological and psychological consequences, including haemodynamic instability, increased pain, agitation and delirium, leading to prolonged
Sameera Jagan, T. Park, Elizabeth Papathanassoglou   +2 more
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Effect of massage on behavioural responses of preterm infants in an educational hospital in Iran

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 2019
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the effect of providing massage (tactile and kinesthetic stimulation) on behavioural responses for preterm infants. Background: These infants have immature central nervous systems.
Hamideh Baniasadi, S. Hosseini, Asma Abdollahyar, H. Sheikhbardsiri   +3 more
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Massage with or without aromatherapy for symptom relief in people with cancer

Research in Nursing and Health, 2018
Cancer diagnosis and treatment brings with it many physical and mental consequences including, pain, anxiety, and stress. Massage is a complementary therapy used to achieve both physical and mental relaxation as well as alleviate cancer symptoms ...
Amanda Wilson
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Massage intervention for preterm infants by their mothers: A randomized controlled trial

Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 2019
OBJECTIVE Studies of the impact of infant massage intervention on the growth of preterm infants have been conducted in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) and have demonstrated positive effects; however, few data exist regarding the effects of massage ...
Xiaoning Zhang, Jun Wang
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Perineal massage during labor: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 2018
Background: Different techniques have been analyzed to reduce the risk of perineal trauma during labor. Objective: To evaluate whether perineal massage techniques during vaginal delivery decreases the risk of perineal trauma.
C. I. Aquino, M. Guida, G. Saccone, Yuri Cruz, A. Vitagliano, F. Zullo, V. Berghella   +6 more
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Antenatal perineal massage benefits in reducing perineal trauma and postpartum morbidities: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

International Urogynecology Journal, 2020
A. Abdelhakim, Elsayed Eldesouky, Ibrahim Abo Elmagd, Attia Mohammed, Elsayed Aly Farag, A. Mohammed, Khaled M. Hamam, Ahmed Hussein, A. E. Ali, Nawal Hamdy Ahmed Keshta, M. Hamza, A. Samy, A. A. Abdel-Latif   +12 more
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The influence of foot and back massage on blood pressure and sleep quality in females with essential hypertension: a randomized controlled study

Journal of Human Hypertension, 2020
G. Arslan, Ö. Ceyhan, M. Mollaoğlu
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