Massage therapy alone and in combination with meditation for breast cancer patients undergoing autologous tissue reconstruction: A randomized pilot study

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 23, Issue , 2016, Pages 82-87

  Dion, Liza J ^a   Engen, Deborah J ^a   Lemaine, Valerie ^a   Lawson, Donna K ^a   Brock, Charise G ^a   Thomley, Barbara S ^a   Cha, Stephen S ^a   Sood, Amit ^a   Bauer, Brent A ^a   Wahner Roedler, Dietlind L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer reconstruction; Massage; Meditation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASSAGE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASSAGE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84929232267     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2015.04.005     Document Type: Article

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