The effect of chair massage on muscular discomfort in cardiac sonographers: A pilot study

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Engen, Deborah J ^a   Wahner Roedler, Dietlind L ^a   Nadolny, Anita M ^a   Persinger, Colleen M ^a   Oh, Jae K ^a   Spittell, Peter C ^a   Loehrer, Laura L ^a   Cha, Stephen S ^a   Bauer, Brent A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAIR MASSAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MALE; MASSAGE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCULAR DISCOMFORT; PILOT STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SONOGRAPHER; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKING TIME; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957377526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-10-50     Document Type: Article

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