A randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of a single session of nurse administered massage for short term relief of chronic non-malignant pain

BMC Nursing

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Seers, Kate ^a   Crichton, Nicola ^b   Martin, June ^c   Coulson, Katrina ^d   Carroll, Dawn ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d DERBYSHIRE ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^e Sanofi aventis Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MONITORING; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG MONITORING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INSULIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51649108412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-7-10     Document Type: Article

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