Length of stay and medication use in hysterectomy patients treated with a single massage treatment

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 222-227

  Dudley, Gail ^a   McGrath, Kerry N ^b   Pheley, Alfred M ^a  

^a EDWARD VIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CMT Carilion New Riv Val Med Ctr   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital length of stay (LOS); Massage therapy; Pain medication; Post hysterectomy pain

Indexed keywords

PERCOCET;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MASSAGE; METRORRHAGIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; OVARY CYST; PATIENT CARE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SURGICAL PATIENT; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

EID: 0141458040     PISSN: 13608592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-8592(03)00037-8     Document Type: Article

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