Evaluation of the Preliminary Effectiveness of Hand Massage Therapy on Postoperative Pain of Adults in the Intensive Care Unit after Cardiac Surgery: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Pain Management Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 354-366

  Boitor, Mădălina ^a   Martorella, Géraldine ^a,c,e   Arbour, Caroline ^a,c,d   Michaud, Cécile ^c,f   Gélinas, Céline ^a,b,c,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c RIISIQ (Quebec Nursing Intervention Research Network)   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ANALGESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TONE; NURSING; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORAX SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY; VITAL SIGN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TONUS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 84929917542     PISSN: 15249042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2014.08.014     Document Type: Article

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