Therapeutic Massage and Healing Touch Improve Symptoms in Cancer
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Therapeutic massage and healing touch improve symptoms in cancer.
Complementary therapies are increasingly used to reduce side effects of cancer treatment, without evidence for their effectiveness. In a randomized, prospective, 2-period, crossover intervention study, the authors tested the effects of therapeutic massage (MT) and healing touch (HT), in comparison to presence alone or standard care, in inducing relaxation and reducing symptoms in 230 subjects. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Integrative Cancer Therapies
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1534-7354,1552-695X
DOI: 10.1177/1534735403259064