Paediatric massage for treatment of acute diarrhoea in children: a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Massage therapy has been used by many traditional Chinese medicine physicians to treat acute diarrhoea in children. Since no relevant systematic reviews assessed the clinical effectiveness or the risk of massage therapy, in this study, a meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of paediatric massage for the treatment of acute diarrhoea in children.

Methods

In this meta-analysis, paediatric patients who were diagnosed with acute diarrhoea were included. Interventions using massage therapy alone or combined with other non-pharmacological approaches were included, while in the control groups, patients received pharmacotherapy. The primary outcome was clinical effective rate. Seven databases were used in our research, and the following search terms were us

SUBMITTER: Gao L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6145333 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature