A literature review about effectiveness of massage therapy for cancer pain

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1418-1421

  Somani, Salima ^a   Merchant, Saima ^a   Lalani, Sharifa ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cancer pain; Cancer pain and complementary therapy; Effectiveness of massage in cancer pain; Therapeutic massage

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PAIN; DISTRESS SYNDROME; GATE CONTROL THEORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MASSAGE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; REVIEW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84886420140     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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