New insights on therapeutic touch: A discussion of experimental methodology and design that resulted in significant effects on normal human cells and osteosarcoma

Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-51

  Monzillo, Eloise ^a   Gronowicz, Gloria ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cell proliferation; human biofield; osteoblasts; osteosarcoma; Therapeutic Touch

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ASSAY; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENERGY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXPERIMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY; MATURITY; MINERALIZATION; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOSARCOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA CELL; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SKILL; STUDY DESIGN; TOUCH;

EID: 79951540924     PISSN: 15508307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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