Systematic relaxation to relieve postoperative pain

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 140-148

  Roykulcharoen, Varunyupa ^a   Good, Marion ^b  

^a THAI RED CROSS AIDS RESEARCH CENTRE   (Thailand)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary therapy; Nursing; Pain management; Postoperative pain; Relaxation

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILIZATION; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RECORDING; RELAXATION TRAINING; SENSORY SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE; THAILAND;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4944251369     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03181.x     Document Type: Article

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