Acute effects of traditional Thai massage on electroencephalogram in patients with scapulocostal syndrome

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 167-174

  Buttagat, Vitsarut ^a   Eungpinichpong, Wichai ^a   Kaber, David ^b   Chatchawan, Uraiwon ^a   Arayawichanon, Preeda ^a,c  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

^c KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Electroencephalogram; Physical therapy; Scapulocostal syndrome; Traditional Thai massage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MALE; MASSAGE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAPULOCOSTAL SYNDROME; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATE ANXIETY INVENTORY; THAILAND; THERAPY EFFECT; THETA RHYTHM; TRADITIONAL THAI MASSAGE; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; BACK PAIN; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES; MALE; MASSAGE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RELAXATION; SCAPULA; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNDROME; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860835161     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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