Schachner L, Field T, Hernandez-Reif M, Duarte A M, Krasnegor J
Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida, USA.
Pediatr Dermatol. 1998 Sep-Oct;15(5):390-5. doi: 10.1046/j.1525-1470.1998.1998015390.x.
Young children with atopic dermatitis were treated with standard topical care and massaged by their parents for 20 minutes daily for a 1 month period. A control group received standard topical care only. The children's affect and activity level significantly improved, and their parent's anxiety decreased immediately after the massage therapy sessions. Over the 1 month period, parents of massaged children reported lower anxiety levels in their children, and the children improved significantly on all clinical measures including redness, scaling, lichenification, excoriation, and pruritus. The control group only improved significantly on the scaling measure. These data suggest that massage therapy may be a cost-effective adjunct treatment for atopic dermatitis, since there is a one-time expense of $30 for the child to receive the massage and the parent to learn the technique.
患有特应性皮炎的幼儿接受了标准的局部护理，并由其父母每天按摩20分钟，为期1个月。对照组仅接受标准的局部护理。在按摩治疗后，孩子们的情绪和活动水平显著改善，他们父母的焦虑感也立即减轻。在这1个月期间，接受按摩的孩子的父母报告说他们孩子的焦虑水平较低，并且这些孩子在包括发红、脱屑、苔藓化、擦伤和瘙痒在内的所有临床指标上都有显著改善。对照组仅在脱屑指标上有显著改善。这些数据表明，按摩疗法可能是一种经济有效的特应性皮炎辅助治疗方法，因为孩子接受按摩以及父母学习该技术只需一次性花费30美元。
