Massage Research -Pain Improvement For Cancer Patients
The University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine released research in March, 2009 reporting on the benefits for advanced cancer patients from Massage Therapy compared to simple touch. The study, a multi-site randomized clinical trial, included 380 patients with advanced cancer, 90% of those patients residing in Hospice Care. The patients were given six 30 minute massage sessions or simple touch sessions, for those contraindicated for massage pressure, over a two week period. The primary outcome of the study showed “immediate and...
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