Massage Therapy versus Simple Touch to Improve Pain and Mood in Patients with Advanced Cancer

Jean S. Kutner,Marlaine C. Smith,Lisa Corbin,Linnea Hemphill,Kathryn Benton,B. Karen Mellis,Brenda L. Beaty,Sue Felton,Traci E. Yamashita,Lucinda L. Bryant,Diane L. Fairclough

Massage Therapy versus Simple Touch to Improve Pain and Mood in Patients with Advanced Cancer

2008

Jean S. Kutner
Marlaine C. Smith
Lisa Corbin
Linnea Hemphill
Kathryn Benton
B. Karen Mellis
Brenda L. Beaty
Sue Felton
Traci E. Yamashita
Lucinda L. Bryant
Diane L. Fairclough

Little is known about the effectiveness of massage in managing pain during palliative care. Kutner and colleagues randomly assigned 380 patients with advanced cancer to either massage therapy or si...

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Massage
Stroke
Internal medicine
Mood
palliative care
Anxiety
Quality of life
Clinical trial
Medicine
Cardiology
Physical therapy
Neuropathic pain

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