A preliminary study of the effects of a single session of Swedish Massage on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal and immune function in normal individuals

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1079-1088

  Rapaport, Mark Hyman ^a,b   Schettler, Pamela ^a   Bresee, Catherine ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CORTICOTROPIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; OXYTOCIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; CYTOKINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD56+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MASSAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SWEDISH MASSAGE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THERAPY EFFECT; TOUCH; BLOOD; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958198720     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0634     Document Type: Article

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