Fibromyalgia benefits from massage therapy and transcutaneous electrical stimulation

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 18-22

  Sunshine, William ^a   Field, Tiffany M ^a   Quintino, Olga ^a   Fierro, Karen ^a   Kuhn, Cynthia ^b   Burman, Iris ^c   Schanberg, Saul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Educating Hands School

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Massage therapy; Transcutaneous electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MASSAGE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029896647     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124743-199602000-00005     Document Type: Article

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