High blood pressure and associated symptoms were reduced by massage therapy

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-38

  Hernandez Reif, M ^b   Field, T ^a   Krasnegor, J ^b   Hossain, Z ^b   Theakston, H ^b   Burman, I ^b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA; SITTING;

EID: 0033965957     PISSN: 13608592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jbmt.1999.0129     Document Type: Article

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