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acupressure
Use of pressure (fingers) rather than puncture (needles) on various points in the body to achieve therapeutic effects.
Indications:
- pain therapy, low back pain [1]
- perineal acupressure for treatment of constipation
Procedure:
- in perineal acupressure patients apply pressure with two fingers to the area between the anus & the scrotum or vagina when they perceive an urge to defecate [2]
Related
acupuncture
General
clinical procedure
alternative medicine (complementary medicine)
References
- Hsieh LL, Kuo CH, Lee LH, Yen AM, Chien KL, Chen TH.
Treatment of low back pain by acupressure and physical therapy:
randomised controlled trial.
BMJ. 2006 Mar 25;332(7543):696-700. Epub 2006 Feb 17.
PMID: 16488895
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/332/7543/696
- Frost H, Stewart-Brown S.
Acupressure for low back pain.
BMJ. 2006 Mar 25;332(7543):680-1. No abstract available.
PMID: 16565098
- Abbott R, Ayres I, Hui E, Hui KK.
Effect of perineal self-acupressure on constipation:
A randomized controlled trial.
J Gen Intern Med 2015 Apr; 30:434
PMID: 25403522
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11606-014-3084-6
- Abbott R, Hui KK.
Perineal Self-Acupressure's Mechanism of Action.
J Gen Intern Med. 2015 Apr;30(4):399.
PMID: 25666212
- Olsen CG.
Effect of perineal self-acupressure on constipation: a
randomized controlled trial.
J Gen Intern Med. 2015 Apr;30(4):398.
PMID: 25637552