The effect of back massage on physiological parameters, dyspnoea, and anxiety in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the intensive care unit: A randomised clinical trial

Comparative Effectiveness of Western and Eastern Manual Therapies for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis

“…After assessing full-text of the remaining 66 articles, 36 studies including eight only abstract available with no details, one case series, four quasi-RCTs, two review articles, 10 not meeting intervention criteria, five without outcomes of interest, four using duplicated data, and two unavailable full-text were excluded ( Supplement S2 ). Finally, total 30 RCTs [ 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 ] were included in qualitative synthesis, and 21 RCTs [ 19 , 20 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 33 , 35 , 36 , 38 , 41 , 42 , 43 ,…”

“…In total, 19 studies [ 19 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 33 , 35 , 38 , 41 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 ] were published in China, two were published in Italy [ 18 , 42 ], Poland [ 31 , 34 ], and the United Kingdom [ 20 , 39 ], and one was published in the USA [ 36 ], Brazil [ 37 ], Australia [ 21 ], Turkey [ 32 ], and Taiwan [ 40 ]. There were 11 studies [ 18 , 20 , 21 , 31 , 32 , 34 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 42 , 47 ] using Western manual therapy, of which four [ 18 , 34 , 36 , 42 ] were related to manipulation, four [ 21 , 31 , 32 , 47 ] were regarding massage, and one study each was related to r...…”

“…Nine studies [ 22 , 23 , 24 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 35 , 41 , 45 ] targeted participants with specific pattern identification, of which four focused on participants with phlegm-heat [ 22 ], phlegm turbidity [ 23 , 41 ], or phlegm-blood stasis [ 24 ] obstructing the lung, and five [ 28 , 29 , 30 , 35 , 45 ] targeted dual deficiency of lung–spleen or lung–kidney. Twelve studies [ 18 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 32 , 34 , 36 , 37 , 42 , 45 ] were approved by the Institutional Review Board prior to study commencement, and 19 studies [ 18 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 29 , 32 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 45 , 47…”

“…Thirteen studies [ 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 34 , 37 , 40 , 42 , 43 ] that used an appropriate random sequence generation method such as random number tables were evaluated as having a low risk of selection bias, and three studies [ 21 , 32 , 37 ] that properly concealed allocation using an opaque sealed envelope were also evaluated as having a low risk of selection bias. Three studies [ 34 , 36 , 37 ] that reported that the practitioners who were not blinded were at high risk of performance bias, and one study [ 42 ] that reported that both participants and personnel were blinded was evaluated as having a low risk of performance bias.…”

“…Five studies [ 20 , 21 , 36 , 37 , 42 ] reporting blindness of outcome assessors were evaluated as having a low risk of detection bias. Three studies [ 32 , 39 , 43 ] that performed per-protocol analysis without specifying the reason for dropout were evaluated as having a high risk of attrition bias. Three studies [ 18 , 39 , 43 ] did not report raw data, and four studies [ 23 , 24 , 41 , 46 ] that did not report pulmonary function-related outcomes were evaluated as having a high risk of reporting bias.…”