Determining the feasibility of self-administered relaxing acupressure for fatigue among adolescent and young adult cancer survivors
Robert Knoerl, John Jardine, Rashmi Chugh, Leslie A Fecher, N Lynn Henry, Madeline Joquico, Yasmin Karimi, Robert Ploutz-Snyder, Sofia Taylor, Emily Walling, Suzanna Zick · 2026
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Robert Knoerl and colleagues test in a 2026 pilot trial whether young cancer survivors can press their own acupoints at home to ease lasting fatigue. Eligible participants were adolescent and young adult survivors at least three months past treatment whose fatigue scores met a set clinical threshold.
Forty-two survivors joined and were split, two to one, between relaxing acupressure and a sham version, pressing five points daily for six weeks. Recruitment and survey completion met the team’s feasibility aims, though only 38 percent managed three or more sessions in an average week. Fatigue fell in both groups by week six and stayed lower at week ten, with no clear gap between groups. A larger trial would need stronger support for daily practice.
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| CREATOR | Robert Knoerl, John Jardine, Rashmi Chugh, Leslie A Fecher, N Lynn Henry, Madeline Joquico, Yasmin Karimi, Robert Ploutz-Snyder, Sofia Taylor, Emily Walling, Suzanna Zick |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32769 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |