A study to compare the effects of massage and static touch on experimentally induced pain in healthy volunteers

Physiotherapy

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 225-232

  Kessler, Jeff ^a   Marchant, Paul ^a   Johnson, Mark I ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Experimental pain; Healthy participants; Massage; Pain threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOALGESIA; IMMERSION; LABORATORY; MALE; MASSAGE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; STAFF; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 33847025752     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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