Randomized controlled trial of energy healing effects on pain and anxiety in AIS posterior surgery: a pilot study
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Burt Yaszay; Natalie P. McNeil; Peter O. Newton; Vidyadhar V. Upasani; Tracey P. Bastrom; Carrie E. Bartley
- Source
- Spine Deformity. 9:1029-1034
- Subject
- 030222 orthopedics
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Visual analogue scale
Pain medication
Posterior surgery
Surgical correction
law.invention
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Randomized controlled trial
law
Anesthesia
Orthopedic surgery
Medicine
Anxiety
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
In patient
medicine.symptom
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
- Language
- ISSN
- 2212-1358
2212-134X
Energy healing (EH) is a part of the diverse group of Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAM). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of EH therapy prior to and following posterior surgical correction for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) compared to controls. Patients were prospectively randomized to one of two groups: standard operative care for surgery (controls) vs. standard care with the addition of three EH sessions. The outcomes included visual analog scales (VAS) for pain and anxiety (0–10), days until conversion to oral pain medication, and length of hospital stay. For the experimental group, VAS was assessed pre- and post-EH session. Fifty patients were enrolled—28 controls and 22 EH patients. The controls had a median of 12 levels fused vs. 11 in the EH group (p = 0.04). Pre-operative thoracic and lumbar curve magnitudes were similar (p > 0.05). Overall VAS pain scores increased from pre- to post-operative (p