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ArchivesMassage Briefly Eases Pain and Helps Mood for Dying Cancer Patients
Massage from a trained massage therapist gave pain relief and raised moods for dying cancer patients immediately after each treatment. However, the effects didn’t last over time.
Researchers compared the effects of simple touch to therapeutic massage for 380 patients in a hospice program. Randomly, some patients received up to six 30-minutes massages over a three week period. Other patients were simply touched briefly in ten different places on their body over three minutes. Continue reading…
Posted by Kate Murphy on September 18th, 2008
Posted in: Research & Treatment News | No Comments »
Tags: hospice, palliative care
