• Ye Tian, Lie Wang, Zhongtian Wang, Lizhong Ding, Lina Wei, Lei Guo, Xiaozhou Sun, Lei Wang, Fushuang Yang, and Liping Sun.
• Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun City, Jilin Province, China.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Dec 17; 100 (50): e27939e27939.

BackgroundRecurrent respiratory tract infections (RRTIs) are common respiratory ailments in children. RRTIs are often difficult to control and thus generally have a long-term disease course. Children who receive ineffective treatments or those that experience poor treatment outcomes are prone to developing complications such as edema, cough and asthma. Such complications can seriously hinder a child's growth and development, while also adversely affecting the child's physical and mental health. Tuina massage, a traditional Chinese technique that has been practiced in China for >5000 years, has recently been used to treat RRTIs, with good effect. However, no systematic review of research studies focusing on massage as a treatment for RRTIs can be found in the literature to date. The purpose of this study will be to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Tuina massage for the treatment of pediatric patients who experience RRTIs.MethodsWe will search the following databases using electronic methods: the Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM), the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang Data (WAN FANG), VIP Information (VIP), MEDLINE, PUBMED, EMBASE, and CINAHL. For each database search, the scope will include articles published between the date of database inception to September 2021. Revman5.4 software will be used to conduct this systematic review and meta-analysis.ResultsThis meta-analysis will confirm whether Tuina massage is of clinical benefit to pediatric patients who experience RRTIs.ConclusionThe results of our systematic review and meta-analysis will be used to formulate conclusions as to whether massage therapy is an effective treatment for children suffering from RRTIs.Ethics And DisseminationThis systematic review will evaluate the efficacy and safety of tuina in the treatment of recurrent respiratory tract infections. Since all the data included were published, the systematic review did not require ethical approval.Inplasy Registration NumberINPLASY202190107.Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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