Massage Therapy: Mind/Body Effects on Chronic Pain Patients
Description:
This study assessed the influence of massage therapy on the psychobiology of chronic pain patients. A pre- and posttest design measured the effects of a one-month treatment program Twenty outpatients and twenty inpatients of two chronic pain treatment programs, were administered several psychological and physiological tests before and after the study. Experimental subjects received massage therapy twice a week for one month in addition to their other therapies. Control subjects continued with t…
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Date:
December 1988
Creator:
Lockart, Esther