بررسي تاثير ماساژ بر ميزان شدت درد ناشي از كرامپ عضلاني در بيماران تحت همودياليز

Effects of Massage on Pain Due to Cramp Muscle During Hemodialysis

Introdu ction: Muscl e cramp is a commo n co mplica tio n during hemodi alysis. Organ ischemia during hemodi aly si s is held to be a ca use for that pain. Massage has been used as a fac to r of pain pall iative and relax ation , si nce the past. Ou r aim was to determine the effec ts o f massag e on prevention or re lie f of frequ ency and intensity of hemodi aly si s cramps . Mat erials and Methods: Thi s clinical tr ial study was performed on 40 pati ent s , who had frequent muscle cramps during hemodial ysis. The pati ents were int enti on all y se lec ted . Be for e and afte r the massa ge, severity of pain due to muscul ar cramp was record ed . Anal ysis of the se data was pe rformed in SPSS environment, usin g paired -sampled T-test meth od and desc riptive sta tis tics. Accepted: 19 Jul, 2008) Findin gs : The severity and frequency of muscul ar cramp see n during di aly sis p