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Adverse Events of Massage Therapy in Pain-Related Conditions: A Systematic Review
Joint Authors
Yin, Ping
Gao, Ningyang
Wu, Junyi
Litscher, Gerhard
Xu, Shifen
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-08-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Pain-related massage, important in traditional Eastern medicine, is increasingly used in the Western world.
So the widening acceptance demands continual safety assessment.
This review is an evaluation of the frequency and severity of adverse events (AEs) reported mainly for pain-related massage between 2003 and 2013.
Relevant all-languages reports in 6 databases were identified and assessed by two coauthors.
During the 11-year period, 40 reports of 138 AEs were associated with massage.
Author, year of publication, country of occurrence, participant related (age, sex) or number of patients affected, the details of manual therapy, and clinician type were extracted.
Disc herniation, soft tissue trauma, neurologic compromise, spinal cord injury, dissection of the vertebral arteries, and others were the main complications of massage.
Spinal manipulation in massage has repeatedly been associated with serious AEs especially.
Clearly, massage therapies are not totally devoid of risks.
But the incidence of such events is low.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yin, Ping& Gao, Ningyang& Wu, Junyi& Litscher, Gerhard& Xu, Shifen. 2014. Adverse Events of Massage Therapy in Pain-Related Conditions: A Systematic Review. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1035218
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yin, Ping…[et al.]. Adverse Events of Massage Therapy in Pain-Related Conditions: A Systematic Review. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1035218
American Medical Association (AMA)
Yin, Ping& Gao, Ningyang& Wu, Junyi& Litscher, Gerhard& Xu, Shifen. Adverse Events of Massage Therapy in Pain-Related Conditions: A Systematic Review. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1035218
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1035218