How Can Surgeonfish Help Pediatric Surgeons? A Pilot Study Investigating the Antinociceptive Effect of Fish Aquariums in Adult Volunteers

Matthieu Sanchez; Marion Delpont; Manon Bachy; Reda Kabbaj; Daniel Annequin; Raphaël Vialle

doi:10.1155/2015/419412

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2015)

How Can Surgeonfish Help Pediatric Surgeons? A Pilot Study Investigating the Antinociceptive Effect of Fish Aquariums in Adult Volunteers

Matthieu Sanchez,
Marion Delpont,
Manon Bachy,
Reda Kabbaj,
Daniel Annequin,
Raphaël Vialle

Affiliations

Matthieu Sanchez: Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris, Armand Trousseau Hospital, Department of paediatric orthopaedics, France
Marion Delpont: Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris, Armand Trousseau Hospital, Department of paediatric orthopaedics, France
Manon Bachy: Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris, Armand Trousseau Hospital, Department of paediatric orthopaedics, France
Reda Kabbaj: Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris, Armand Trousseau Hospital, Department of paediatric orthopaedics, France
Daniel Annequin: Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris, Armand Trousseau Hospital, Unité Fonctionnelle d’Analgésie Pédiatrique, Paris Cedex 12, France
Raphaël Vialle: Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris, Armand Trousseau Hospital, Department of paediatric orthopaedics, France

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/419412
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 20, no. 1
pp. e28 – e32

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Multiple distraction strategies have been proposed to reduce the incidence of anxiety and pain in children. Animal-assisted therapy is acknowledged and used in children as an adjunctive treatment with cognitive, physical, psychosocial and spiritual benefits.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7040

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