Therapeutic massage of the neck and shoulders produces changes in peripheral blood flow when assessed with dynamic infrared thermography

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 723-732

  Sefton, Joellen M ^a   Yarar, Ceren ^a   Berry, Jack W ^b,c   Pascoe, David D ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAMFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BACK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DYNAMIC INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; MALE; MASSAGE; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOULDER; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THORAX; BLOOD FLOW; PROCEDURES; THERMOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ARM; BACK; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; NECK; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SHOULDER; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; THORAX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954918980     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0441     Document Type: Article

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