The safety of massage therapy

Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1101-1106

  Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Complementary and alternative medicine; Massage; Risk; Safety

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; KIDNEY ARTERY EMBOLISM; LEG ULCER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MASSAGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NERVE INJURY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAFETY; STRANGULATION; THYROTOXICOSIS; URETER STENT; UTERUS RUPTURE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATIC DISEASES;

EID: 0012585298     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keg306     Document Type: Review

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