Abdominal massage plus advice, compared with advice only, for neurogenic bowel dysfunction in MS: a RCT

McClurg, Doreen; Harris, Fiona; Goodman, Kirsteen; Doran, Selina; Hagen, Suzanne; Treweek, Shaun; Norton, Christine; Coggrave, Maureen; Norrie, John; Rauchhaus, Petra; Donnan, Peter; Emmanuel, Anton; Manoukian, Sarkis; Mason, Helen

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Abdominal massage was associated with small improvements in neurogenic bowel dysfunction for people with MS that were neither clinically nor statistically significant.

Doreen McClurg , Fiona Harris , Kirsteen Goodman , Selina Doran , Suzanne Hagen , Shaun Treweek , Christine Norton , Maureen Coggrave , John Norrie , Petra Rauchhaus , Peter Donnan , Anton Emmanuel , Sarkis Manoukian & Helen Mason .

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Doreen McClurg ^1,^*, Fiona Harris ², Kirsteen Goodman ¹, Selina Doran ¹, Suzanne Hagen ¹, Shaun Treweek ³, Christine Norton ⁴, Maureen Coggrave ⁴, John Norrie ⁵, Petra Rauchhaus ⁶, Peter Donnan ⁶, Anton Emmanuel ⁷, Sarkis Manoukian ⁸, Helen Mason ⁸

¹ Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals Research Unit, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK
² Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals Research Unit, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
³ Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials (CHaRT), Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
⁴ Adult Nursing, King’s College London, London, UK
⁵ Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
⁶ Tayside Clinical Trials Unit, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
⁷ National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London, London, UK
⁸ Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK
^* Corresponding author Email: Doreen.mcclurg@gcu.ac.uk

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