運用穴位按摩於疼痛緩解之文獻回顧

A Review of Acupressure Massages Effect on Pain

徐惠麗(Hui-Li Shu) ； 張曉雲(Siao-Yun Chang) ； 曾瑞慧(Rei-Hui Zeng)

《中華推拿與現代康復科學雜誌》 8卷1期 (2011/12) Pp. 40-51

https://doi.org/10.30059/JTRS.201112.0004

摘要

穴位按摩（Acupoint massage）是傳統醫學中古老又具獨特性的醫治疾病方法之一，在另類輔助療法中，也常被作為主要的介入措施，來緩解各種不同類型的疼痛或不適。本文旨在收集以穴位按摩緩解疼痛的臨床實驗性文獻，再以文獻回顧方式進行整理與分析，搜尋Pub med、Evidence-Based Medicine（EBM）、Pro Quest、Cochrane、CEPS等英、中文資料庫，經過篩選條件及關鍵詞句的選定之後，獲取7篇RCT（Randomized Clinical Trial）文章進行結果評價及討論，確立本文的研究問題為1）穴位按摩可否緩解疼痛？2）穴位按摩適合的時間、力道為何？歸納符合條件的七篇文獻，結果顯示：穴位按摩確實可以緩解各種類型的疼痛；而對於不同類型的疼痛，緩解疼痛的穴位按摩時間自3分鐘至30分鐘，按摩力道則由1.21公斤至9公斤不等。希冀此歸納結果能作為未來臨床應用之參考。

關鍵字

穴位按摩 ； 疼痛 ； 文獻回顧

並列摘要

Acupressure massage is an ancient traditional medicine with unique approach to cure one's disease. This massage is used as an intervention tool to al1eviate pain or any uncomfortable in many different types of complementary and alternative medicine. The aims of this study is to search c1inical experimental research on acupressure massages for alleviating pain from database and integrate literature using review approach The databases containing both English and Chinese language in this study were PubMed, Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM), ProQuest, Cochrane library, and Chinese Electronic Periodical Services (CEPS) After searching by keywords and screening by eligibility criteria, 7 randomized c1inical trial studies were reviewed and appraised based on the research questions of this study, including 1) do acupressure massage alleviate pain and 2) what is appropriate acupressure timing, and strength? The results of this study indicates that acupressure massage could alleviate the different types of pain through massaging certain acupressure point with certain strength and timing as well as continuing after certain while. The study could be a reference for the implementation of clinical practice.

並列關鍵字

Acupoint massage ； Pain ； Review article approach