Home Based Massage and Relaxation for Sickle Cell Pain

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00066079

Recruitment Status : Completed

First Posted : August 5, 2003

Last Update Posted : August 6, 2008

Sponsor:

Information provided by:

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

No Study Results Posted on ClinicalTrials.gov for this Study

About Study Results Reporting on ClinicalTrials.gov

Recruitment Status :	Completed
Actual Primary Completion Date :	November 2006
Actual Study Completion Date :	November 2006

Publications:

Shapiro BS, Dinges DF, Orne EC, Bauer N, Reilly LB, Whitehouse WG, Ohene-Frempong K, Orne MT. Home management of sickle cell-related pain in children and adolescents: natural history and impact on school attendance. Pain. 1995 Apr;61(1):139-44.

Elander J, Midence K. A review of evidence about factors affecting quality of pain management in sickle cell disease. Clin J Pain. 1996 Sep;12(3):180-93. Review.

Zeltzer L, Dash J, Holland JP. Hypnotically induced pain control in sickle cell anemia. Pediatrics. 1979 Oct;64(4):533-6.

Co LL, Schmitz TH, Havdala H, Reyes A, Westerman MP. Acupuncture: an evaluation in the painful crises of sickle cell anaemia. Pain. 1979 Oct;7(2):181-5.

Thomas JE, Koshy M, Patterson L, Dorn L, Thomas K. Management of pain in sickle cell disease using biofeedback therapy: a preliminary study. Biofeedback Self Regul. 1984 Dec;9(4):413-20.

Cozzi L, Tryon WW, Sedlacek K. The effectiveness of biofeedback-assisted relaxation in modifying sickle cell crises. Biofeedback Self Regul. 1987 Mar;12(1):51-61.

Wang WC, George SL, Wilimas JA. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation treatment of sickle cell pain crises. Acta Haematol. 1988;80(2):99-102.

Gil KM, Wilson JJ, Edens JL, Webster DA, Abrams MA, Orringer E, Grant M, Clark WC, Janal MN. Effects of cognitive coping skills training on coping strategies and experimental pain sensitivity in African American adults with sickle cell disease. Health Psychol. 1996 Jan;15(1):3-10.

Gil KM, Carson JW, Sedway JA, Porter LS, Schaeffer JJ, Orringer E. Follow-up of coping skills training in adults with sickle cell disease: analysis of daily pain and coping practice diaries. Health Psychol. 2000 Jan;19(1):85-90.

Dinges DF, Whitehouse WG, Orne EC, Bloom PB, Carlin MM, Bauer NK, Gillen KA, Shapiro BS, Ohene-Frempong K, Dampier C, Orne MT. Self-hypnosis training as an adjunctive treatment in the management of pain associated with sickle cell disease. Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 1997 Oct;45(4):417-32.

Jacobson E. 1974. Progressive muscle relaxation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, Midway Reprint.

Bernstein DA, Borkovec TD. 1973. Progressive relaxation training: A manual for the helping professions. Champaign, Ill: Research Press. Field TM. Massage therapy effects. Am Psychol 1998, 53, 1270-1281.

Myers CD, Robinson ME, Guthrie TH, Jr, Lamp SP, Lottenberg R. Adjunctive approaches for sickle cell chronic pain. Alternative Health Practitioner 1999;5:203-212.36.

Benjamin LJ, Dampier CD, Jacox AK, Odesina V, Phoenix D, Shapiro B, Strafford M, Treadwell M. Guideline for the management of acute and chronic pain in sickle-cell disease. APS Clinical Practice Guidelines Series, No. 1. 1999. Glenview, IL: American Pain Society.

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