The Applying of Acupressure and Abdominal Massage to Improving Constipation in Stroke Patients.

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Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2015
Experimental research design with two-group repeated-measure design. Experimental group was pressing the Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36) , Tianshu(ST 25) and abdominal massage for eight minutes total, press once in the morning and afternoon, seven days total and two days for follow the trail. Control group was pressing sham ponits. Research tools to self semi-structured questionnaire collected data on patient\'s diet, activity, medication, defecation patterns, subjective defecation feelingauscultation bowel sounds like.
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First added on: May 20, 2024