2021
DOI: 10.1590/0103-8478cr20200511
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Abstract: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of Reiki therapy on postoperative pain in bitches undergoing elective minimally invasive ovariohysterectomy (OVH). Thirty bitches were randomly assigned to three groups: Control, Placebo, or Reiki. All dogs received methadone as preanesthetic medication (PAM), meloxicam in the preoperative period, propofol for anesthetic induction, and isoflurane for anesthetic maintenance. Immediately after OVH, the dogs in the Reiki were submitted to a single session of Reiki therapy,… Show more

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“…Such studies will also help isolate underlying mechanisms of influence for Reiki. As mentioned at the start of this article, studies that best control for all the placebo Criteria A, B, and C are studies on Reiki’s influence on non-human living systems: cell cultures, isolated cells, rats, and dogs, and all found highly significant results compared with placebo ( Baldwin and Schwartz, 2006 ; Baldwin et al, 2008 ; Mothersill et al, 2013 ; Kent et al, 2020 ; Pacheco et al, 2021 ).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Such studies will also help isolate underlying mechanisms of influence for Reiki. As mentioned at the start of this article, studies that best control for all the placebo Criteria A, B, and C are studies on Reiki’s influence on non-human living systems: cell cultures, isolated cells, rats, and dogs, and all found highly significant results compared with placebo ( Baldwin and Schwartz, 2006 ; Baldwin et al, 2008 ; Mothersill et al, 2013 ; Kent et al, 2020 ; Pacheco et al, 2021 ).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Despite this expectation in all the following randomised controlled trials (RCTs), the placebo effect was still controlled for with a placebo Reiki group, and all produced significant therapeutic results ( Baldwin and Schwartz, 2006 ; Baldwin et al, 2008 ; Mothersill et al, 2013 ; Kent et al, 2020 ; Pacheco et al, 2021 ). In these five studies, Reiki was more effective than placebo in the following areas: reducing noise-induced microvascular damage in rats ( Baldwin and Schwartz, 2006 ), improving heart rate homeostasis in rats ( Baldwin et al, 2008 ), increasing survival of directly irradiated cells ( Mothersill et al, 2013 ), increasing photon emission of intervertebral cells in mice and increasing collagen 11 and aggrecan in mice ( Kent et al, 2020 ), and reducing postoperative pain in female dogs undergoing elective minimally invasive ovariohysterectomy ( Pacheco et al, 2021 ). While the studies do not prove that Reiki is beneficial over placebo in humans, they provide evidence that Reiki can be beneficial over placebo in non-human living systems.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Such studies will also help isolate underlying mechanisms of influence for Reiki. As mentioned at the start of this article, studies that best control for all the placebo Criteria A, B, and C are studies on Reiki's influence on nonhuman living systems: cell cultures, isolated cells, rats, and dogs, and all found highly significant results compared with placebo (Baldwin and Schwartz, 2006;Baldwin et al, 2008;Mothersill et al, 2013;Kent et al, 2020;Pacheco et al, 2021).…”
Section: Controlling For Placebomentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Despite this expectation in all the following randomised controlled trials (RCTs), the placebo effect was still controlled for with a placebo Reiki group, and all produced significant therapeutic results (Baldwin and Schwartz, 2006;Baldwin et al, 2008;Mothersill et al, 2013;Kent et al, 2020;Pacheco et al, 2021). In these five studies, Reiki was more effective than placebo in the following areas: reducing noiseinduced microvascular damage in rats (Baldwin and Schwartz, 2006), improving heart rate homeostasis in rats (Baldwin et al, 2008), increasing survival of directly irradiated cells (Mothersill et al, 2013), increasing photon emission of intervertebral cells in mice and increasing collagen 11 and aggrecan in mice (Kent et al, 2020), and reducing postoperative pain in female dogs undergoing elective minimally invasive ovariohysterectomy (Pacheco et al, 2021). While the studies do not prove that Reiki is beneficial over placebo in humans, they provide evidence that Reiki can be beneficial over placebo in non-human living systems.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%