Pediatric massage for the treatment of anorexia in children: A meta-analysis

Gao, L., Jia, C.-H., Ma, S.-S., & Wu, T. · World Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine · 2018 October 10

Objective

To evaluate the efficacy of massage therapy for the treatment of anorexia in children.

Conclusions

Massage therapy was significantly better than pharmacotherapy in treating anorexia in children. However, the quality of evidence for this finding was low due to the high risk of bias of the included studies. Thus, well-designed RCTs are still needed to further evaluate the efficacy of massage therapy.

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