WANG Xiaoyu 1 , WANG Hucheng 1 , LIU Leilei 1 , LI Huanan 2,3 , SUN Qing 2,3 , WANG Jingui 2,3 , MA Fei 4
  • 1. Graduate School of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300193, P.R.China;
  • 2. The First Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin, 300193, P.R.China;
  • 3. Laboratory for Biological Effects of Massage, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300193, P.R.China;
  • 4. The Scientific Research Department of the Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300000, P.R.China;
MA Fei, Email: 18920580868@189.cn
Massage; Primary dysmenorrhea; Randomized controlled trials; Meta-analysis
10.7507/1672-2531.201808007
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Objectives To evaluate the clinical efficacy of massage in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea (PD).Methods CNKI, VIP, WanFang Data, CBM, The Cochrane Library, PubMed and EMbase databases were searched to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea from inception to January 6th, 2018. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and assessed the risk of bias of included studies. RevMan 5.3 software was used for meta-analysis.Results A total of 10 RCTs were included, including 758 patients with PD. Meta-analysis results showed that the total effective rate (RR=1.14, 95% CI 1.03 to 1.26, P<0.000 01; RR=1.24, 95% CI 1.15 to 1.34, P<0.000 01) and the dysmenorrhea symptom score (MD=–2.59, 95% CI –3.08 to –2.29, P<0.000 1) in massage group were superior to the control group.Conclusion Current evidence suggests that massage for PD has certain advantages. However, due to the limited quality of the included studies, high-quality clinical trials are required to further verify the clinical efficacy of massage in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea.

Citation： WANG Xiaoyu, WANG Hucheng, LIU Leilei, LI Huanan, SUN Qing, WANG Jingui, MA Fei. Efficacy of massage in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea: a meta-analysis. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2019, 19(3): 348-352. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.201808007 Copy

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