The effects of massage therapy on the human immune response in healthy adults

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 143-150

  Lovas, Judy M ^a   Craig, Ashley R ^a   Segal, Yvette D ^a   Raison, Robert L ^a   Weston, Kathryn M ^a   Markus, Margaret R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Association of Massage Therapists (NSW) Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MASSAGE; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0036376580     PISSN: 13608592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jbmt.2001.0251     Document Type: Article

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