Intradialytic Massage for Leg Cramps Among Hemodialysis Patients: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial [Research Perch]
Posted:Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Listen in as we discuss, “Intradialytic Massage for Leg Cramps Among Hemodialysis Patients: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.” Dr. Jerrilyn Cambron and Ruth Werner walk through the implications of the article and how it might inform practice and enable therapists to better serve their clients.
This article is published in the Foundation’s open-access, peer-reviewed journal, the International Journal of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (IJTMB). You can view the full article here.
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Study Questions:
1. There are several exclusion criteria in this study. Are they absolute contraindications for massage treatment? Or do you think they were they exclusions for the sake of patient uniformity in this study?
2. What kind of extra training would you want to have before you started doing massage in a dialysis unit, if any?
Original article: “Intradialytic Massage for Leg Cramps Among Hemodialysis Patients: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.”
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