Background: Sacroiliac joint dysfunction (SIJD) is the primary source of low-back pain. Main muscles forming the force closure of sacroiliac joint are the biceps femoris and gluteus maximus which increase the stability through massive attachments via sacrotuberous ligament. However, there is a dearth of literature of the importance of activation of gluteus maximus in SIJD.
Purpose: To study the effect of gluteus maximus activation on Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), visual analog scale (VAS), and pelvic tilt angle in subjects with anterior rotated sacrolilac joint dysfunction.
Settings: The study was conducted in outpatient Physiotherapy Department, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore, India.
Participants: Anterior rotated SIJD subjects were recruited in the study. They were divided into two groups (experimental and control groups) by block randomisation.
Research design: This is a randomised control trial.
Controlled treatment: Treatment order was determined by block randomisation. The subjects of both experimental and control group received Muscle Energy Technique (MET) technique on 1st session to correct the anterior rotated SIJD. The experimental group received gluteus maximus activation protocol, whereas the control group received flexion bias exercises. The groups received the treatment of 20 mins per session. There were two supervised sessions per week for four weeks.
Main outcome measures: The primary outcome measure in the study is Oswestry Disability Index (ODI). The secondary outcome measures included visual analog scale (VAS) and Palpation Meter (PALM).
Results: 48 subjects (26 females, 22 males) were randomised into experimental and control groups having anterior rotation SIJD, and average age in groups was 38.83 ± 11.4 years and 34.96 ± 9.5 years, respectively. The within-group analysis showed significant improvements in only ODI outcome of both the groups (p = .001). The between-group analysis in both groups did not show any statistical significant difference in ODI, VAS, or PALM.
Conclusion: The flexion bias exercise and the gluteus maximus activation exercises used in this study were equally effective in improving physical function and reduction in pain, and maintaining the normal pelvic angle in subjects with anterior rotated SIJD.
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Peer review is a mainstay of scientific publishing and, while peer reviewers and scientists report satisfaction with the process, peer review has not been without criticism. Within this editorial, the peer review process at the IJTMB is defined and explained. Further, seven steps are identified by the editors as a way to improve efficiency of the peer review and publication process. Those seven steps are: 1) Ask authors to submit possible reviewers; 2) Ask reviewers to update profiles; 3) Ask reviewers to “refer a friend”; 4) Thank reviewers regularly; 5) Ask published authors to review for the Journal; 6) Reduce the length of time to accept peer review invitation; and 7) Reduce requested time to complete peer review. We believe these small requests and changes can have a big effect on the quality of reviews and speed in which manuscripts are published. This manuscript will present instructions for completing peer review profiles. Finally, we more formally recognize and thank peer reviewers from 2018–2020.
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Background Sacroiliac joint dysfunction (SIJD) is the primary source of low-back pain. Main muscles forming the force closure of sacroiliac joint are the biceps femoris and gluteus maximus which increase the stability through massive attachments via sacrotuberous ligament. However, there is a dearth of literature of the importance of activation of gluteus maximus in SIJD. Purpose To study the effect of gluteus maximus activation on Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), visual analog scale (VAS), and pelvic tilt angle in subjects with anterior rotated sacrolilac joint dysfunction. Settings The study was conducted in outpatient Physiotherapy Department, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore, India. Participants Anterior rotated SIJD subjects were recruited in the study. They were divided into two groups (experimental and control groups) by block randomisation. Research Design This is a randomised control trial. Controlled Treatment Treatment order was determined by block randomisation. The subjects of both experimental and control group received Muscle Energy Technique (MET) technique on 1st session to correct the anterior rotated SIJD. The experimental group received gluteus maximus activation protocol, whereas the control group received flexion bias exercises. The groups received the treatment of 20 mins per session. There were two supervised sessions per week for four weeks. Main Outcome Measures The primary outcome measure in the study is Oswestry Disability Index (ODI). The secondary outcome measures included visual analog scale (VAS) and Palpation Meter (PALM). Results 48 subjects (26 females, 22 males) were randomised into experimental and control groups having anterior rotation SIJD, and average age in groups was 38.83 ± 11.4 years and 34.96 ± 9.5 years, respectively. The within-group analysis showed significant improvements in only ODI outcome of both the groups (p = .001). The between-group analysis in both groups did not show any statistical significant difference in ODI, VAS, or PALM. Conclusion The flexion bias exercise and the gluteus maximus activation exercises used in this study were equally effective in improving physical function and reduction in pain, and maintaining the normal pelvic angle in subjects with anterior rotated SIJD.
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Background Reflexology may help induce labour and reduce pain during childbirth. Fear of pain associated with childbirth leads to increase in the irregular use of cesarean method. Purpose This study was performed to evaluate the effect of reflexology on relieving labour pain and assess the recipient’s opinion regarding foot reflexology. Setting The study taken place in the labour room, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kerala, South India. Participants 50 primigravida patients experiencing labour. Research Design A quasi-experimental study design was used. Subjects were selected by convenience sampling technique with the first 25 patients allocated to the experimental group and the successive 25 primigravida mothers to a time-control group, to avoid data contamination. Intervention Intervention consisted of foot reflexology applied by a trained therapist to five pressure points of both feet that correspond to the uterus. Total intervention time lasted 20 minutes. Control group rested quietly for 20 minutes to serve as a time control. Main Outcome Measure(s) Pain associated with labour was recorded on a visual analogue scale immediately prior to intervention, and at 20- and 40-minutes postintervention. Patient satisfaction with reflexology treatment was recorded. Results Mean baseline pain score in foot reflexology group was significantly reduced across the study timeframe relative to control group (p < .001). Post hoc tests confirmed a reduction in labour pain at both the 20-min (p < .001, 95%CI 0.764–1.796) and 40-min (p < .001, 95%CI 0.643–1.677) time points. Eighty-one per cent of patients would recommend reflexology during labour. Conclusion The findings showed that foot reflexology was effective in relief of labour pain, with a high degree of patient satisfaction in primigravida mothers.
{"title":"Effect of Foot Reflexology on Reduction of Labour Pain Among Primigravida Mothers","authors":"Manju Mohan, L. Varghese","doi":"10.3822/IJTMB.V14I1.386","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3822/IJTMB.V14I1.386","url":null,"abstract":"Background Reflexology may help induce labour and reduce pain during childbirth. Fear of pain associated with childbirth leads to increase in the irregular use of cesarean method. Purpose This study was performed to evaluate the effect of reflexology on relieving labour pain and assess the recipient’s opinion regarding foot reflexology. Setting The study taken place in the labour room, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kerala, South India. Participants 50 primigravida patients experiencing labour. Research Design A quasi-experimental study design was used. Subjects were selected by convenience sampling technique with the first 25 patients allocated to the experimental group and the successive 25 primigravida mothers to a time-control group, to avoid data contamination. Intervention Intervention consisted of foot reflexology applied by a trained therapist to five pressure points of both feet that correspond to the uterus. Total intervention time lasted 20 minutes. Control group rested quietly for 20 minutes to serve as a time control. Main Outcome Measure(s) Pain associated with labour was recorded on a visual analogue scale immediately prior to intervention, and at 20- and 40-minutes postintervention. Patient satisfaction with reflexology treatment was recorded. Results Mean baseline pain score in foot reflexology group was significantly reduced across the study timeframe relative to control group (p < .001). Post hoc tests confirmed a reduction in labour pain at both the 20-min (p < .001, 95%CI 0.764–1.796) and 40-min (p < .001, 95%CI 0.643–1.677) time points. Eighty-one per cent of patients would recommend reflexology during labour. Conclusion The findings showed that foot reflexology was effective in relief of labour pain, with a high degree of patient satisfaction in primigravida mothers.","PeriodicalId":39090,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork: Research, Education, and Practice","volume":"14 1","pages":"21 - 29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41978846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Background Conventional rehabilitation for musculoskeletal injuries post-surgery is generally site-specific and aims to return the person to ‘normal’ function. Commonly, conventional treatment focuses locally and little or no attention is given to comorbidities, other symptoms, postural compensations, or adaptations either pre-existing or resulting from the injury. Structural Integration (SI) is a manual therapy applied to and focusing on fascial continuities throughout the whole body. This case report explores SI as a global, whole-body intervention for rehabilitation. Purpose To examine the effects of a whole-body approach that addresses local and global symptoms following ankle surgery. Methods The Anatomy Trains Structural Integration (ATSI formerly KMI) 12-series protocol was applied and a selection of outcome measures were used to track progress and assess the efficacy of SI. Ankle mobility and function was assessed primarily using Weight-Bearing Lunge Test and Lower Extremity Functional Scale. Local pain was reported using the McGill Pain Questionnaire. General well-being was evaluated using subjective questioning and the WHO Quality of Life Questionnaire. Results Local results included increased mobility and function to affected leg, and reduced pain and swelling. Global results included an improvement in physical and psychological well-being, with the reduction of pain and dysfunction in other areas. Conclusion This case report demonstrates global benefits of a whole-body approach when structural integration is applied during rehabilitation. More clinical research that includes SI is needed to determine if the local and global results shown in this case study can be demonstrated in additional rehabilitation populations.
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Massage therapy is one of the most popular complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) therapies, in which the manipulation of soft tissue alleviates muscular aches and pains, improves sleep, and promotes mental wellbeing.(1) Massage therapy significantly affects general wellbeing, and has been shown to have beneficial effects in many diseases, including autism, pain syndromes, hypertension, and autoimmune disorders.(2) According to a recent systematic review, the utility of massage therapy in adult intensive care unit patients improved vital signs and reduced pain and anxiety. (3) The latter, along with other psychiatric disturbances, exhibited an increase during COVID-19 pandemic.(4) For instance, Zhao et al.(5) observed an increase in the Chinese general public anxiety levels during COVID-19 pandemic when compared with previous studies. Measured for by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), anxiety was significantly higher among hospitalized COVID-19 patients who eventually died, when compared to survivors.(6) Anxiety levels in these patients were correlated with cortisol levels, the body’s stress hormone, which, for its part, was associated with higher mortality among COVID-19 patients.(6,7) In fact, there’s a 42% increase in the hazard of mortality in COVID-19 patients with doubled cortisol concentrations.(7) The primary mechanism by which cortisol exerts the aforementioned outcomes is at the heart of its immunoregulatory functions, which include altered neutrophil, macrophage, and dendritic cell functions along with impaired lymphocyte egress, natural killer cell cytotoxicity, and induction of apoptosis in lymphocytes.(8-10) The majority of these changes directly and indirectly impair the initiation and progression of an adaptive immune response, the response that eventually clears severe infections and confers long-term protection through memory cell maturation and antibody production.(9) This is evident in the cortisol-correlated reduction in influenza-specific IgG antibodies, upon influenza vaccination in chronically stressed dementia caregivers.(11) Furthermore, a 2009 meta-analysis revealed inadequate antibody responses to influenza vaccine among 59% of stressed individuals versus 41% of less-stressed individuals.(12) Herein lies the case for massage therapy as a complementary piece in COVID-19 management, as it could reduce cortisol levels and thus reduce its accompanied immunological disturbances and improve clinical outcomes.(13) In support of this hypothesis is a study by Loft et al.,(14) in which a 4-week massage intervention improved antibody responses to hepatitis B vaccine in students in an academic examinations period. Massage therapy also reduced cortisol, and improved natural killer cells numbers and functions in HIV patients.(15) Furthermore, massage therapy reduced the nuclear accumulation of the inflammatory transcription factor, NFκB in exercise-induced muscle injury biopsies. Massage therapy also benefited m
按摩疗法是最受欢迎的补充和结合医学(CIM)疗法之一,其中软组织的操作可以减轻肌肉疼痛和疼痛,改善睡眠,促进心理健康。(1)按摩疗法显着影响一般健康,并已被证明对许多疾病有有益的影响,包括自闭症,疼痛综合征,高血压和自身免疫性疾病。按摩治疗在成人重症监护病房患者中的效用改善了生命体征,减少了疼痛和焦虑。(3)后者以及其他精神障碍在COVID-19大流行期间表现出增加。(4)例如,Zhao等人(5)观察到中国公众在COVID-19大流行期间的焦虑水平与以往的研究相比有所增加。根据医院焦虑和抑郁量表(HADS)的测量,与幸存者相比,最终死亡的住院COVID-19患者的焦虑水平明显更高。(6)这些患者的焦虑水平与皮质醇水平相关,皮质醇水平是身体的应激激素,而皮质醇水平与COVID-19患者的死亡率较高有关。皮质醇浓度增加一倍,COVID-19患者的死亡率增加42%。皮质醇发挥上述结果的主要机制是其免疫调节功能的核心,包括中性粒细胞、巨噬细胞和树突状细胞功能的改变,以及淋巴细胞出口受损、自然杀伤细胞的细胞毒性、(8-10)大多数这些变化直接或间接地损害适应性免疫反应的启动和进展,这种反应最终清除严重感染,并通过记忆细胞成熟和抗体产生提供长期保护(9)这在慢性应激痴呆护理者接种流感疫苗后,皮质醇相关的流感特异性IgG抗体的减少中是明显的(11)。2009年的一项荟萃分析显示,59%的压力个体对流感疫苗的抗体反应不足,而41%的压力较小的个体对流感疫苗的抗体反应不足。(12)因此,按摩疗法可以作为COVID-19管理的补充。因为它可以降低皮质醇水平,从而减少伴随的免疫紊乱,改善临床结果。(13)Loft等人的一项研究支持了这一假设,(14)在该研究中,为期4周的按摩干预可以改善学生在学术考试期间对乙肝疫苗的抗体反应。按摩疗法还能降低皮质醇,改善HIV患者的自然杀伤细胞数量和功能。(15)此外,按摩疗法还能减少运动诱导的肌肉损伤活检中炎症转录因子NFκB的核积累。按摩疗法还通过减少细胞浸润、增强巨噬细胞的抗炎极化、增强抗氧化转录因子PGC-1 α信号传导,从而增强抗氧化应激的能力,从而使按摩后的肌肉受益(16,17)。这种效果可能在一定程度上减轻与covid - 19相关的全身炎症,这种炎症涉及恶性循环,最终导致细胞因子风暴和氧化应激介导的并发症(18-20)。作者假设按摩疗法可能有助于改善Assem Al Refaei
{"title":"The Case for Therapeutic Massage as an Adjuvant in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients","authors":"Assem Al Refaei","doi":"10.3822/IJTMB.V14I1.623","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3822/IJTMB.V14I1.623","url":null,"abstract":"Massage therapy is one of the most popular complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) therapies, in which the manipulation of soft tissue alleviates muscular aches and pains, improves sleep, and promotes mental wellbeing.(1) Massage therapy significantly affects general wellbeing, and has been shown to have beneficial effects in many diseases, including autism, pain syndromes, hypertension, and autoimmune disorders.(2) According to a recent systematic review, the utility of massage therapy in adult intensive care unit patients improved vital signs and reduced pain and anxiety. (3) The latter, along with other psychiatric disturbances, exhibited an increase during COVID-19 pandemic.(4) For instance, Zhao et al.(5) observed an increase in the Chinese general public anxiety levels during COVID-19 pandemic when compared with previous studies. Measured for by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), anxiety was significantly higher among hospitalized COVID-19 patients who eventually died, when compared to survivors.(6) Anxiety levels in these patients were correlated with cortisol levels, the body’s stress hormone, which, for its part, was associated with higher mortality among COVID-19 patients.(6,7) In fact, there’s a 42% increase in the hazard of mortality in COVID-19 patients with doubled cortisol concentrations.(7) The primary mechanism by which cortisol exerts the aforementioned outcomes is at the heart of its immunoregulatory functions, which include altered neutrophil, macrophage, and dendritic cell functions along with impaired lymphocyte egress, natural killer cell cytotoxicity, and induction of apoptosis in lymphocytes.(8-10) The majority of these changes directly and indirectly impair the initiation and progression of an adaptive immune response, the response that eventually clears severe infections and confers long-term protection through memory cell maturation and antibody production.(9) This is evident in the cortisol-correlated reduction in influenza-specific IgG antibodies, upon influenza vaccination in chronically stressed dementia caregivers.(11) Furthermore, a 2009 meta-analysis revealed inadequate antibody responses to influenza vaccine among 59% of stressed individuals versus 41% of less-stressed individuals.(12) Herein lies the case for massage therapy as a complementary piece in COVID-19 management, as it could reduce cortisol levels and thus reduce its accompanied immunological disturbances and improve clinical outcomes.(13) In support of this hypothesis is a study by Loft et al.,(14) in which a 4-week massage intervention improved antibody responses to hepatitis B vaccine in students in an academic examinations period. Massage therapy also reduced cortisol, and improved natural killer cells numbers and functions in HIV patients.(15) Furthermore, massage therapy reduced the nuclear accumulation of the inflammatory transcription factor, NFκB in exercise-induced muscle injury biopsies. Massage therapy also benefited m","PeriodicalId":39090,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork: Research, Education, and Practice","volume":"14 1","pages":"49 - 50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44759800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Introduction Massage has shown promise in reducing symptoms related to dissociation and anxiety that can exacerbate chronic pain and suffering. The combat wounded, veteran population is increasing and requires a multidisciplinary approach for comprehensive treatment. This case study examines massage therapy use to improve veteran combat injury rehabilitation and recovery experience through purposive, retrospective, and comprehensive SOAP note review. Methods A 31-year-old White male received seven, 60-min, full body massages for combat related shoulder injury complications incurred approximately six years before presentation. The right shoulder sustained a broken humeral head and complete dislocation during a defensive maneuver in a life-threatening attack. This case study utilized data from three different assessments: goniometric measurements for shoulder range of motion, observation and documentation for environmental comfort behaviors, and client self-report for treatment goal attainment. Six weekly, full body, 60-min massages were completed sequentially. A follow-up 60-min treatment was completed at Week 8. Treatment to the injured area included focused trigger point therapy, myofascial release, and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation to the neck, shoulder, and chest. Results Total percent change for active flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, internal rotation, and external rotation were 12.5, 150, 40, 167, 14.3, and 0%, respectively. Total percent change for passive flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, internal rotation, and external rotation were 63.6, 350, 66.7, 450, 133, and 77.8%, respectively. Environmental comfort behaviors were reduced. Client treatment goals were attained. Conclusions Massage therapy provided meaningful benefit to a combat injury for a veteran with PTSD.
{"title":"Massage for Combat Injuries in Veteran with Undisclosed PTSD: a Retrospective Case Report","authors":"Mica Rosenow, N. Munk","doi":"10.3822/IJTMB.V14I1.555","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3822/IJTMB.V14I1.555","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction Massage has shown promise in reducing symptoms related to dissociation and anxiety that can exacerbate chronic pain and suffering. The combat wounded, veteran population is increasing and requires a multidisciplinary approach for comprehensive treatment. This case study examines massage therapy use to improve veteran combat injury rehabilitation and recovery experience through purposive, retrospective, and comprehensive SOAP note review. Methods A 31-year-old White male received seven, 60-min, full body massages for combat related shoulder injury complications incurred approximately six years before presentation. The right shoulder sustained a broken humeral head and complete dislocation during a defensive maneuver in a life-threatening attack. This case study utilized data from three different assessments: goniometric measurements for shoulder range of motion, observation and documentation for environmental comfort behaviors, and client self-report for treatment goal attainment. Six weekly, full body, 60-min massages were completed sequentially. A follow-up 60-min treatment was completed at Week 8. Treatment to the injured area included focused trigger point therapy, myofascial release, and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation to the neck, shoulder, and chest. Results Total percent change for active flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, internal rotation, and external rotation were 12.5, 150, 40, 167, 14.3, and 0%, respectively. Total percent change for passive flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, internal rotation, and external rotation were 63.6, 350, 66.7, 450, 133, and 77.8%, respectively. Environmental comfort behaviors were reduced. Client treatment goals were attained. Conclusions Massage therapy provided meaningful benefit to a combat injury for a veteran with PTSD.","PeriodicalId":39090,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork: Research, Education, and Practice","volume":"14 1","pages":"4 - 11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42608449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Danielle Gentile, Danielle Boselli, Susan I Yaguda, R. Greiner, Chase Bailey-Dorton
Background Healing Touch (HT) and Oncology Massage (OM) are nonpharmacologic pain interventions, yet a comparative effectiveness study has not been conducted for pain in breast cancer. Purpose This breast cancer subgroup analysis compared the effectiveness of HT vs. OM on pain. Setting The research occurred at an outpatient setting at an academic hybrid, multi-site, community-based cancer institute and Department of Supportive Oncology across four regional locations. Participants Breast cancer outpatients along the cancer continuum who experienced routine clinical, nonexperimentally manipulated HT or OM. Research Design The study was an observational, retrospective, comparative effectiveness post hoc subanalysis of a larger dataset. Patients reporting pain < 2 were excluded. Pre- and posttherapy pain scores and differences were calculated. Logistic regression modeled posttherapy pain by modality, adjusting for pretherapy pain. The proportions experiencing ≥ 2-point (clinically significant) pain reduction were compared with chi-square tests. Intervention The study focused on the first session of either HT or OM. Main Outcome Measures Pre- and posttherapy pain (range: 0 = no pain to 10 = worst possible pain). Results A total of 407 patients reported pre- and posttherapy pain scores, comprised of 233 (57.3%) who received HT and 174 (42.8%) who received OM. Pretherapy mean pain was higher in HT (M=5.1, ± 2.3) than OM (M=4.3, ± 2.1) (p < .001); posttherapy mean pain remained higher in HT (M=2.7, ± 2.2) than OM (M=1.9, ± 1.7) (p < .001). Mean difference in pain reduction was 2.4 for both HT and OM. Both HT (p < .001) and OM (p < .001) were associated with reduced pain. Proportions of clinically significant pain reduction were similar (65.7% HT and 69.0% OM, p = .483). Modality was not associated with pain improvement (p = .072). Conclusions Both HT and OM were associated with clinically significant pain improvement. Future research should explore attitudes toward the modalities and potential influence of cancer stage and treatment status on modality self-selection.
{"title":"Pain Improvement After Healing Touch and Massage in Breast Cancer: an Observational Retrospective Study","authors":"Danielle Gentile, Danielle Boselli, Susan I Yaguda, R. Greiner, Chase Bailey-Dorton","doi":"10.3822/IJTMB.V14I1.549","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3822/IJTMB.V14I1.549","url":null,"abstract":"Background Healing Touch (HT) and Oncology Massage (OM) are nonpharmacologic pain interventions, yet a comparative effectiveness study has not been conducted for pain in breast cancer. Purpose This breast cancer subgroup analysis compared the effectiveness of HT vs. OM on pain. Setting The research occurred at an outpatient setting at an academic hybrid, multi-site, community-based cancer institute and Department of Supportive Oncology across four regional locations. Participants Breast cancer outpatients along the cancer continuum who experienced routine clinical, nonexperimentally manipulated HT or OM. Research Design The study was an observational, retrospective, comparative effectiveness post hoc subanalysis of a larger dataset. Patients reporting pain < 2 were excluded. Pre- and posttherapy pain scores and differences were calculated. Logistic regression modeled posttherapy pain by modality, adjusting for pretherapy pain. The proportions experiencing ≥ 2-point (clinically significant) pain reduction were compared with chi-square tests. Intervention The study focused on the first session of either HT or OM. Main Outcome Measures Pre- and posttherapy pain (range: 0 = no pain to 10 = worst possible pain). Results A total of 407 patients reported pre- and posttherapy pain scores, comprised of 233 (57.3%) who received HT and 174 (42.8%) who received OM. Pretherapy mean pain was higher in HT (M=5.1, ± 2.3) than OM (M=4.3, ± 2.1) (p < .001); posttherapy mean pain remained higher in HT (M=2.7, ± 2.2) than OM (M=1.9, ± 1.7) (p < .001). Mean difference in pain reduction was 2.4 for both HT and OM. Both HT (p < .001) and OM (p < .001) were associated with reduced pain. Proportions of clinically significant pain reduction were similar (65.7% HT and 69.0% OM, p = .483). Modality was not associated with pain improvement (p = .072). Conclusions Both HT and OM were associated with clinically significant pain improvement. Future research should explore attitudes toward the modalities and potential influence of cancer stage and treatment status on modality self-selection.","PeriodicalId":39090,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork: Research, Education, and Practice","volume":"14 1","pages":"12 - 20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47813392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Patients are best positioned to provide information about their experiences of healthcare services; however, their perspectives are often underutilized. During informal discussions with massage therapists (MTs) and through the authors' own professional experiences, it was noted that there are times when patients decide independently, and without notice, to end the care they are receiving. To date, no research has been published exploring the experiences of patients who choose to discontinue massage therapy care and there is a gap in the quality assurance process of MTs. Lack of understanding of patients' experiences is a missed opportunity to strengthen the therapeutic relationship, ensure patient safety, improve treatment quality, and develop professionally. We recommend researchers explore mixed methods designs, involve patients in the research process, and solicit multiple perspectives when studying patients' experiences of ending massage therapy care.
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JoEllen M Sefton, Jennifer Dexheimer, Niki Munk, Robin Miccio, Ann Blair Kennedy, Jerrilyn Cambron, Gordon MacDonald, Rob Hemsworth
{"title":"A Research Agenda for the Massage Therapy Profession: a Report from the Massage Therapy Foundation.","authors":"JoEllen M Sefton, Jennifer Dexheimer, Niki Munk, Robin Miccio, Ann Blair Kennedy, Jerrilyn Cambron, Gordon MacDonald, Rob Hemsworth","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39090,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork: Research, Education, and Practice","volume":"13 4","pages":"42-46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7704039/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38342134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}