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Scar massage as an intervention for post-surgical scars: A practice survey of Australian hand therapists.

Helen C ScottLuke S RobinsonTed Brown
Published in: Hand therapy (2023)
Commonalities in how respondents implemented scar massage were found. Participants reported relying primarily on clinical experience to inform their practice. Whilst scar massage was widely used, few respondents had received formal skills training or completed outcome measures regularly to formally evaluate its clinical efficacy or impact. Replication of this study with a larger international sample of participants is warranted to determine if these findings reflect general practice.
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