Rheumatoid arthritis in upper limbs benefits from moderate pressure massage therapy

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 101-103

  Field, Tiffany ^a,b   Diego, Miguel ^a   Delgado, Jeannette ^a   Garcia, Daniel ^a   Funk, C G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FIELDING GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Massage Envy ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Massage; Pain; Range of motion

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MASSAGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MANAGEMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84875806425     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2012.12.001     Document Type: Review

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