The effect of foot reflexology on pain in patients with metastatic cancer

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 284-286

  Stephenson, Nancy ^a   Dalton, Jo Ann ^b   Carlson, John ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT PAIN; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242426460     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/S0897-1897(03)00077-6     Document Type: Article

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