Massage therapy for patients with metastatic cancer: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 650-656

  Toth, Maria ^a   Marcantonio, Edward R ^a   Davis, Roger B ^a   Walton, Tracy ^b   Kahn, Janet R ^c   Phillips, Russell S ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Tracy Walton and Associates   (United States)

^c Integrative Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MASSAGE; METASTASIS; PAIN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP QUALITY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; BOSTON; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP;

EID: 84880376506     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2012.0466     Document Type: Article

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