Massage therapy is associated with enhancement of the immune system's cytotoxic capacity

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 84, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 205-217

  Ironson, Gail ^a,b   Field, Tiffany ^a,b   Scafidi, Frank ^a   Hashimoto, Michiyo ^a   Kumar, Mahendra ^a   Kumar, Adarsh ^a   Price, Alicia ^b   Goncalves, Alex ^b   Burman, Iris ^c   Tetenman, C Y ^c   Patarca, Roberto ^a   Fletcher, Mary Ann ^a  

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

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

^c Educating Hands   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cortisol; HIV; Immunity; Massage; Natural killer cell; NK; Relaxation; Stress

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MASSAGE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SERODIAGNOSIS; URINE;

ADULT; AFFECT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MASSAGE;

EID: 0030087715     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207459608987266     Document Type: Article

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