Effect of massage therapy on pain, anxiety, and tension after cardiac surgery: A randomized study

The Effect of hand and foot massage on alleviating pain and anxiety of abdominal post-operative patients at a University Hospital: A randomized control trial

“…Bauer and colleagues [9] investigated the effect of foot massage versus relaxation on postoperative back and shoulder pain, anxiety and tension in a randomized group of cardiac surgery patients. Their results show that patients receiving massage therapy had a significant decrease in pain, anxiety and tension.…”

“…Massage therapy was found as essential element of the patients' healing experience after surgery [9]. Postoperative cardiac patients who received a foot massage were highly satisfied with the intervention and no barriers to implementing massage therapy were identified [9]. A growing body of literature supports the application of massage therapy in post operative open heart surgery patients [2; 10].…”

“…Registered nurses at all levels of practice are primarily patient advocates who have a vital role in managing postoperative pain appropriately [8]. Massage therapy was found as essential element of the patients' healing experience after surgery [9]. Postoperative cardiac patients who received a foot massage were highly satisfied with the intervention and no barriers to implementing massage therapy were identified [9].…”

Pain Management with Non-pharmacological Methods in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Review

“…2,21 Brent ve ark.nın kardiyak ameliyat sonrası 113 hastayla yürüttüğü çalışmada, masaj terapisi sonrası hastanın ağrısında, anksiyetesinde ve gerginliğinde önemli azalma olduğu saptanmıştır. 22 Amy ve ark.nın çalışmasında ise kardiyak cerrahi sonrası iki ve beşinci günlerde uygulanan masajın hastaların ağrısını azaltmada etkili olduğu belirtilmiş-tir. 23 …”

Les «Médecines Complémentaires» aux USA un voyage d'étude

“…Quelques mois plus tard, la réponse tombe sans ambiguïté: le traitement complémen-taire améliore l'antalgie. Dès lors, comme nous sommes toujours aux Etats-Unis, tout va très vite: l'expérience est répliquée à plus grande envergure, avec évaluation clinique soigneuse, les résultats sont de nouveau probants [4], d'autres Services de chirurgie, viscérale, orthopédique, etc., se mettent à utiliser le massage thérapeutique comme complément à l'antalgie; d'autres MC sont testées, comme l'acupuncture et des techniques de méditation; un programme dédié aux «complementary and integrative medicines» est créé, avec les trois pôles habituels en milieu universitaire: clinique, recherche et enseignement. L'approche «Evidence-based medicine» (EBM) a été ainsi l'un des fondements du développement de la pratique des MC dans les grands centres universitaires américains.…”