Effectiveness of different styles of massage therapy in fibromyalgia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Manual Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 257-264

  Yuan, Susan Lee King ^a   Matsutani, Luciana Akemi ^a   Marques, Amélia Pasqual ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Massage; Physical therapy modalities; Review; Systematic

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE MASSAGE; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASSAGE; META ANALYSIS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SHIATSU; SLEEP; SWEDISH MASSAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAGER MASSAGE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84925211955     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2014.09.003     Document Type: Review

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