Effects of a Full-Body Massage on Pain Intensity, Anxiety, and Physiological Relaxation in Taiwanese Patients withMetastatic Bone Pain: A Pilot Study

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 754-763

  Jane, Sui Whi ^a   Wilkie, Diana J ^b   Gallucci, Betty B ^c   Beaton, Randal D ^c   Huang, Hsiu Ying ^d  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; Massage; metastatic bone pain; physiological relaxation; Taiwanese patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE PAIN; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MASSAGE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RELAXATION TRAINING; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; RELAXATION THERAPY; TAIWAN;

EID: 63449106164     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.04.021     Document Type: Article

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