AU - yaghobi, mokhtar AU - amini, korosh TI - Effects of Massage on Pain Due to Cramp MuscleDuring Hemodialysis PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - sjimu JN - sjimu VO - 17 VI - 1 IP - 1 4099 - http://sjimu.medilam.ac.ir/article-1-105-en.html 4100 - http://sjimu.medilam.ac.ir/article-1-105-en.pdf SO - sjimu 1 ABĀ  - Introduction: Muscle cramp is a common complication during hemodialysis. Organ ischemia during hemodialysis is held to be a cause for that pain. Massage has been used as a factor of pain palliative and relaxation, since the past. Our aim was to determine the effects of massage on prevention or relief of frequency and intensity of hemodialysis cramps. Materials and Methods: This clinical trial study was performed on 40 patients, who had frequent muscle cramps during hemodialysis. The patients were intentionally selected. Before and after the massage, severity of pain due to muscular cramp was recorded. Analysis of these data was performed in SPSS environment, using paired-sampled T-test method and descriptive statistics. Findings: The severity and frequency of muscular cramp seen during dialysis p CP - IRAN IN - LG - eng PB - sjimu PG - 39 PT - Research YR - 2009