Therapeutic touch for healing acute wounds

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  O'Mathúna, Dónal P ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; EXPERIMENTAL SURGICAL WOUND; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GUIDED IMAGERY; HUMAN; INTERCESSORY PRAYER; LESHAN THERAPY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELIGION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; COMMUNITY CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ACUTE DISEASE; BANDAGE; BIOPSY; META ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; BANDAGES; BIOPSY; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; THERAPEUTIC TOUCH; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84964739594     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002766.pub4     Document Type: Review

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