Massage therapy reduces anxiety and enhances EEG pattern of alertness and math computations

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 86, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 197-205

  Field, Tiffany ^a   Ironson, Gail ^a   Scafidi, Frank ^a   Nawrocki, Tom ^a   Goncalves, Alex ^a   Burman, Iris ^a   Pickens, Jeff ^b   Fox, Nathan ^c   Schanberg, Saul ^d   Kuhn, Cynthia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

alertness; Massage

Indexed keywords

EID: 12644304211     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207459608986710     Document Type: Article

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