Effects of acupressure on cancer-related pain management: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Mai, Qiu-Lu; Li, Xuejing; Yang, Dongpeng; Zhang, Xiaoyan; Peng, Ke; Hao, Yufang

doi:10.1016/j.eujim.2022.102120

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“…We included 17 publications in this map covering 13 health conditions. 4 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 The literature flowchart ( Figure 1 ) summarizes results of the study selection process, and eAppendix 2 in Supplement 1 presents citations for all excluded reviews at full-text screening.…”

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“…We categorized the included 17 reviews by health condition. These categories were cancer-related pain, 15 , 24 back pain (including chronic back pain, 25 chronic low back pain, 18 , 22 and low back pain 17 ), chronic neck pain, 18 fibromyalgia, 21 labor pain, 4 , 19 mechanical neck pain, 13 myofascial pain, 14 palliative care needs, 10 plantar fasciitis, 12 post–breast cancer surgery pain, 16 postcesarean pain, 23 postpartum pain, 20 and postoperative pain. 11 …”

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“…Using USPSTF criteria to rate the quality of included reviews, 10 reviews were rated good 4 , 10 , 11 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 18 , 19 , 21 , 23 and 7 reviews were rated fair. 12 , 13 , 17 , 20 , 22 , 24 , 25 See eAppendix 3 in Supplement 1 for each review’s rating.…”

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Use of Massage Therapy for Pain, 2018-2023

Mak,

Allen,

Begashaw

et al. 2024

JAMA Netw Open

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ImportanceMassage therapy is a popular treatment that has been advocated for dozens of painful adult health conditions and has a large evidence base.ObjectiveTo map systematic reviews, conclusions, and certainty or quality of evidence for outcomes of massage therapy for painful adult health conditions.Evidence ReviewIn this systematic review, a computerized search was conducted of PubMed, the Allied and Complementary Medicine Database, the Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and Web of Science from 2018 to 2023. Included studies were systematic reviews of massage therapy for pain in adult health conditions that formally rated the certainty, quality, or strength of evidence for conclusions. Studies of sports massage therapy, osteopathy, dry cupping or dry needling, and internal massage therapy (eg, for pelvic floor pain) were ineligible, as were self-administered massage therapy techniques, such as foam rolling. Reviews were categorized as those with at least 1 conclusion rated as high-certainty evidence, at least 1 conclusion rated as moderate-certainty evidence, and all conclusions rated as low- or very low–certainty evidence; a full list of conclusions and certainty of evidence was collected.FindingsA total of 129 systematic reviews of massage therapy for painful adult health conditions were found; of these, 41 reviews used a formal method to rate certainty or quality of evidence of their conclusions and 17 reviews were mapped, covering 13 health conditions. Across these reviews, no conclusions were rated as high certainty of evidence. There were 7 conclusions that were rated as moderate-certainty evidence; all remaining conclusions were rated as low- or very low–certainty evidence. All conclusions rated as moderate certainty were that massage therapy had a beneficial associations with pain.Conclusions and RelevanceThis study found that despite a large number of randomized clinical trials, systematic reviews of massage therapy for painful adult health conditions rated a minority of conclusions as moderate-certainty evidence and that conclusions with moderate- or high-certainty evidence that massage therapy was superior to other active therapies were rare.

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Use of Massage Therapy for Pain, 2018-2023

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Allen,

Begashaw

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JAMA Netw Open

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“…As shown in Table 3 , acupressure seems to be effective for the amelioration of physical symptoms in patients with cancer, such as pain (remission rate) [ 45 ] and gastrointestinal symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting, constipation and diarrhea [ 46 , 47 , 48 ]. No significant effects of acupressure were reported on headache and abdominal distension [ 46 ].…”

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The Effects of Complementary Therapies on Patient-Reported Outcomes: An Overview of Recent Systematic Reviews in Oncology

Mentink,

Verbeek,

Noordman

et al. 2023

Cancers

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Many patients with cancer make use of complementary medicine alongside conventional medicine, but clinicians in oncology often lack the knowledge to adequately advise patients on the evidence base for complementary therapies. This study aims to provide an overview of recently published systematic reviews that assess the effects of complementary therapies on patient-reported health outcomes in patients with cancer. Systematic reviews, including a meta-analysis of at least two randomized controlled trials, were identified from the PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, CINAHL and PsycINFO databases. The methodological quality was assessed with AMSTAR 2. One hundred systematic reviews were included. The results suggest that several complementary therapies can improve health outcomes reported by patients with cancer, such as acupuncture to relieve pain, music interventions to reduce anxiety and yoga to improve cancer-related fatigue. The side effects related to complementary therapy use are generally mild. The results remain inconclusive for some intervention–outcome combinations. Many of the included systematic reviews insufficiently assessed the causes and impact of bias in their interpretation of the results. This overview of systematic reviews can support clinicians in counselling their patients on this topic and provide directions for future research and clinical practice guidelines in the field of complementary medicine.

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“…37 A systematic review found that acupuncture and/or acupressure were significantly associated with reduced cancer pain and decreased use of analgesics, although the evidence level was moderate. 50 Acupressure is a complementary treatment that uses fingers and applies pressure to stimulate certain points on the human body. 51 Acupressure therapy is a development of acupuncture, so in principle the acupressure therapy method is the same as acupuncture, the difference is that acupressure therapy does not use needles in the treatment process.…”

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Non-pharmacological treatments in cancer pain management

Edlin,

Lina,

Nazara

2023

JPMS

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Non-pharmacological therapies have recently become the focus of attention in many countries, including pain management in patients with cancer. This study aimed to explore the latest scientific evidence regarding pain management using non-pharmacological therapies in patients with cancer. The method used was a scoping review using the PRISMA-ScR framework. A literature search was conducted using four databases: PubMed, DOAJ, and Google Scholar, and published in the range of 2018-2023. There of 992 potentially relevant articles and 10 eligible articles were selected. The results of the study showed that nonpharmacological therapy was effective in reducing the pain scale in cancer patients based on the significant value and effect size of providing interventions to patients.

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Effects of acupressure on cancer-related pain management: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

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Use of Massage Therapy for Pain, 2018-2023

Use of Massage Therapy for Pain, 2018-2023

The Effects of Complementary Therapies on Patient-Reported Outcomes: An Overview of Recent Systematic Reviews in Oncology

Non-pharmacological treatments in cancer pain management

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