The safety of massage therapy: An update of a systematic review

Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-32

  Posadzki, Paul ^a   Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; complementary and alternative medicine; massage; risk; safety

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ASPIRATION; BLADDER RUPTURE; BLEEDING; BLURRED VISION; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CHYLOTHORAX; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FRICTION MASSAGE; HEADACHE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; LOW FAT DIET; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; LYMPHOCELE; MASSAGE; MYOPATHY; NERVE PARALYSIS; PARAPLEGIA; PARESTHESIA; PRESSURE DRESSING; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEIZURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENNIS ELBOW; THORACIC DUCT INJURY; TUI NA;

EID: 84874130054     PISSN: 14653753     EISSN: 20427166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fct.12007     Document Type: Review

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