Technical Characteristics of Infantile Massage in the Treatment of 240 Infants with Acute Diarrhea / 世界科学技术-中医药现代化
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine
; (12): 774-779, 2013.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-438303
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ABSTRACT
This study was aimed to objectively evaluate the validity and safety of normalized Tuina massage thera-py on the treatment of 240 infants with acute diarrhea, thus disseminate and promote the application of infantile Tuina massage therapy. This study is a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial of 240 cases with acute infantile diarrhea. The experimental group (180 cases) was treated with Tuina massage therapy. The main acupoints are Pi-jing, Da-chang, Lan-men. And the combining acupoint is San-guan. In the control group (60 cases), the pa-tients were orally administered with Smecta. The statistical analysis was conducted with SPSS 15.0. The compre-hensive curative effect, time point effect, safety and technical stability of infantile Tuina massage were evaluated in the treatment of acute diarrhea. The results showed that the comprehensive effect of cure rate in the experi-mental group was 75.6% (136/180), and that of the control group was 21.7% (13/60). It showed that the effect in the experimental group was significantly better than the control group (P 0 . 05 ) . Furthermore , there was no side effect in both groups. It was concluded that the infantile massage technique is an effective therapy for the treatment of acute diarrhea . Meanwhile , it is a safe and stable therapy and is worth popularizing .
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Health context:
Neglected Diseases
Health problem:
Diarrhea
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Neglected Diseases
Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Year:
2013
Document type:
Article