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Prehospital analgesia with acupressure at the Baihui and Hegu points in patients with radial fractures: a prospective, randomized, double-blind trial
Lang T, Hager H, Funovits V, Barker R, Steinlechner B, Hoerauf K, Kober A
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 2007 Oct;25(8):887-893
clinical trial
8/10 [Eligibility criteria: Yes; Random allocation: Yes; Concealed allocation: Yes; Baseline comparability: Yes; Blind subjects: No; Blind therapists: No; Blind assessors: Yes; Adequate follow-up: Yes; Intention-to-treat analysis: Yes; Between-group comparisons: Yes; Point estimates and variability: Yes. Note: Eligibility criteria item does not contribute to total score] *This score has been confirmed*

BACKGROUND: Pain during transportation is a common phenomenon in emergency medicine. As acupressure has been deemed effective for pain management by the National Institutes of Health, we conducted a study to evaluate its effectiveness in prehospital patients with isolated distal radial fracture. METHODS: This was a prospective, randomized, double-blind study. Thirty-two patients were enrolled. Acupressure was performed either at "true" points or at "sham" points. Vital signs and pain and anxiety scores were recorded before and after the acupressure treatment. Normally distributed values were compared using the Student t test. RESULTS: Pretreatment scores for pain and anxiety were similar in the 2 groups (47.6 +/- 8.9 versus 51.2 +/- 8.7 visual analog scale (VAS) score for pain, 52.4 +/- 6.0 versus 47.5 +/- 9.3 VAS score for anxiety). At the hospital, patients in the true-points group had significantly lower pain (36.6 +/- 11.0 versus 56.0 +/- 13.3 VAS score, p < 0.001) and anxiety scores (34.9 +/- 22.2 versus 53.4 +/- 19.7 VAS score, p = 0.022). CONCLUSION: Acupressure in the prehospital setting effectively reduces pain and anxiety in patients with distal radial trauma.
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