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Therapeutic Massage and Healing Touch Improve Symptoms in Cancer
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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. MT and HT lowered blood pressure, respiratory rate (RR), and heart rate (HR). MT lowered anxiety and HT lowered fatigue, and both lowered totalmooddisturbance. Pain ratings were lower after MT and HT, with 4-week nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug use less during MT. There were no effects on nausea. Presence reduced RR and HR but did not differ from standard care on any measure of pain, nausea, mood states, anxiety, or fatigue. MTand HT are more effective than presence alone or standard care in reducing pain, mood disturbance, and fatigue in patients receiving cancer chemotherapy.
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- Post-White, J., Kinney, M. E., Savik, K., Gau, J. B., Wilcox, C., & Lerner, I.
- Venue
- Integrative Cancer Therapies
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2003-12
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 332-344
- ISSN
- 1534-7354 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-695X
- OpenAlex
- W2161844099
- Cited by
- 300
- References
- 41
- FWCI
- 19.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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