Effect of massage therapy on pain, anxiety, and tension in cardiac surgical patients: A pilot study

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 92-95

  Cutshall, Susanne M ^a   Wentworth, Laura J ^a   Engen, Deborah ^a   Sundt, Thoralf M ^a   Kelly, Ryan F ^a   Bauer, Brent A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cardiac surgical procedures; Massage; Pain

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MASSAGE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949872809     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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