Comparison of Manual Lymph Drainage Therapy and Connective Tissue Massage in Women With Fibromyalgia: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-133

  Ekici, Gamze ^a   Bakar, Yesim ^b   Akbayrak, Turkan ^c   Yuksel, Inci ^c  

^a AHI EVRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Massage; Pain; Quality Of Life; Randomized Controlled Trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE MASSAGE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FIBROMYALGIA IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MANUAL LYMPH DRAINAGE THERAPY; MASSAGE; NOTTINGHAM HEALTH PROFILE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60349097384     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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