This article examines interest in massage therapy and other forms of complementary and alternative medicine among patients with breast disease. Surveys were mailed to 63 patients who had a breast abnormality or a recent diagnosis of breast cancer and received complimentary massage therapy at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, from February to April 2005. Thirty-five patients responded (56% response ...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an 8-week Probody Massage Program on body alignment and plantar pressure balance in middle-aged men with musculoskeletal diseases. Method: The subject of this study were 20 middle-aged men with musculoskeletal diseases in B Metropolitan city and they participated Probody Massage Program for 8 weeks twice a week. Physical char...

BACKGROUND Nurse-delivered hand massage is a safe and effective intervention that has potential for positively affecting nursing and patient outcomes.
. OBJECTIVES Nurses in a National Cancer Institute-designated academic health center outpatient chemotherapy infusion suite were taught how to administer a hand massage to strengthen the nurse-patient relationship and improve patient experience...

This literature review explores the effectiveness of massage therapy to reduce cancer pain. As part of the review, systematic literature search was carried out on various electronic databases and specialised journals. Included are 19 research-based articles and 8 review articles. The review suggests that cancer has become a common health problem in the world and most of the cancer patients are ...

background : prehypertension is considered as a cardiovascular disease predicator. management of prehypertension is an appropriate objective for clinicians in a wide range of medical centers. treatment of prehypertension is primarily non-pharmacological, one of which is massage therapy that is used to control the blood pressure. this study aimed to evaluate the effect of swedish massage (face, ...

background burn is a tragedy that follows multiple problems in a patient including pain, anxiety and lack of confidence into medical team. this study evaluated the effect of shiatsu massage on pain intensity of burn patients. methods a total of 120 burn patients from motahhari burn hospital and of both genders were randomly divided into 4 groups of undergoing hand massage, leg massage, both han...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES This research aimed to evaluate the use of aromatherapy massage and music as an intervention to cope with the occupational stress and anxiety that emergency department staff experience. The study also aimed to compare any differences in results between a summer and winter 12-week massage plan. BACKGROUND Emergency nurses are subjected to significant stressors during their ...

OBJECTIVES Primary: to compare sequential and simultaneous breast pumping on volume of milk expressed and its fat content. Secondary: to measure the effect of breast massage on milk volume and fat content. DESIGN Sequential randomised controlled trial. SETTING Neonatal intensive care unit, North Staffordshire Hospital NHS Trust. SUBJECTS Data on 36 women were analysed; 19 women used simul...

OBJECTIVE In this study, we evaluated the effect of scalp massage on hair in Japanese males and the effect of stretching forces on human dermal papilla cells in vitro. METHODS Nine healthy men received 4 minutes of standardized scalp massage per day for 24 weeks using a scalp massage device. Total hair number, hair thickness, and hair growth rate were evaluated. The mechanical effect of scalp...

BACKGROUND Despite the growing popularity of therapeutic massage in the US, little is known about the training or practice characteristics of massage therapists. The objective of this study was to describe these characteristics. METHODS As part of a study of random samples of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners, we interviewed 226 massage therapists licensed in Connecti...