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BACKGROUND:Evidence supports abdominal massage (AM) or electrical stimulation (ES) as effective in treating functional constipation (FC). Manual lymph drainage (MLD) may also be beneficial, however, it was not previously investigated or compared to ES and AM. METHODS:Sixteen college-aged males and 36 females were recruited. Participants were randomly assigned to MLD, AM or ES. Heart rate variability (HRV) measures for total power (TP), high frequency (HF), low frequency and LF/HF ratio assessed ANS outcomes. state-trait anxiety inventory (STAI) and stress response inventory (SRI) assessed psychological factors and bowel movement frequency (BMF) and duration (BMD) were recorded daily. RESULTS:MLD significantly improved all ANS measures (p≤0.01); AM significantly improved LF, HF and LF/HF ratios (p = 0.04); and ES significantly improved LF (p = 0.1). STAI measures improved, but not significantly in all groups. SRI improved significantly from MLD (p < 0.01), AM (p = 0.04) and ES (p < 0.01), but changes were not significant between groups. BMD improved significantly in all groups (p≤ 0.02). BMF improved significantly only following MLD and AM (p < 0.1), but differences between groups were not significant (p = 0.39). CONCLUSIONS:MLD significantly reduced FC symptoms and MLD had greater improvements than AM or ES.
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Int J Environ Res Public Healthauthors
Drouin JS,Pfalzer L,Shim JM,Kim SJdoi
10.3390/ijerph17113924subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-06-01 00:00:00issue
11eissn
1661-7827issn
1660-4601pii
ijerph17113924journal_volume
17pub_type
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