title: Assessment of techniques of massage and pumping in the treatment of breast engorgement by thermography.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to evaluate techniques of massage and pumping in the treatment of postpartum breast engorgement through thermography.
  
  
  METHODS
  the study was conducted in the Human Milk Bank of a hospital in Curitiba, Brazil. We randomly selected 16 lactating women with engorgement with the classification lobar, ampullary and glandular, moderate and intense. We compared the differential patterns of temperature, before and after the treatment by means of massage and pumping.
  
  
  RESULTS
  we found a negative gradient of 0.3°C of temperature between the pre- and post-treatment in the experimental group. Breasts with intense engorgement were 0.7°C warmer when compared with moderate engorgement.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  massage and electromechanical pumping were superior to manual methods when evaluated by thermography.
  U1111-1136-9027.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitário Regional de Maringá, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Anita Batista dos Santos
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Heberle
authors.affiliation: Escola Politécnica, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcos Antônio Muniz
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: de Moura
authors.affiliation: Escola de Educação e Humanidades, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mauren Abreu
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.affiliation: Escola Politécnica, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Percy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nohama
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007775:Lactation Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D008405:Massage / Q000379:methods*; D013817:Thermography