The effects of Shiatsu: Findings from a two-country exploratory study

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 539-547

  Long, Andrew F ^a   MacKay, Hannah C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HEALING; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; SAMPLING; SHIATSU THERAPY; SLEEP; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0042862843     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107555303322284839     Document Type: Article

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