Add to ORKGBackground: Small studies of variable quality suggest that massage therapy may relieve pain and other symptoms. Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of massage for decreasing pain and symptom distress and improving quality of life among persons with advanced cancer. Design: Multisite, randomized clinical trial. Setting: Population-based Palliative Care Research Network. Patients: 380 adults with advanced cancer who were experiencing moderate-to-severe pain; 90 % were enrolled in hospice. Intervention: Six 30-minute massage or simple-touch sessions over 2 weeks. Measurements: Primary outcomes were immediate (Memorial Pain Assessment Card, 0- to 10-point scale) and sustained (Brief Pain Inventory [BPI], 0- to 10-point scale) change in pain. Se...
Background: For children with cancer in palliative care, pain and worry are common and frequently un...
Background. The purpose of this study was to explore qualitative comments about massage therapy (MT)...
Background and Aim: Chemotherapy is a common method of cancer treatment and includes a complication....
IntroductionPain, comorbid fatigue and sleep disturbances are common and distressing symptoms for pa...
Background&Objective: People with cancer commonly experience a range of symptoms, including pain and...
Therapeutic touch has been shown to help reduce pain in several ailments. Cancer patients experience...
Massage offers cancer patients general quality of life benefits as well as alleviation of cancer-rel...
CONTEXT: Treatment of pain in palliative care patients is challenging. Adjunctive methods of pain ma...
Background: Chronic pain is a major public health problem. It affects the quality of life of many p...
Background: Chemotherapy is the most common modality for cancer management, but it is associated wit...
Background: Although classic massage is used widely in Germany and elsewhere for treat-ing chronic p...
Background and purpose: Chronic pain is a major public health problem. It affects the quality of lif...
Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, p...
Introduction: Cancer patients are increasingly combining touch therapies (e.g., remedial massage, ly...
Background: Cancer increased worldwide. Pain is the most significant problem related for such patien...
Background: For children with cancer in palliative care, pain and worry are common and frequently un...
Background. The purpose of this study was to explore qualitative comments about massage therapy (MT)...
Background and Aim: Chemotherapy is a common method of cancer treatment and includes a complication....
IntroductionPain, comorbid fatigue and sleep disturbances are common and distressing symptoms for pa...
Background&Objective: People with cancer commonly experience a range of symptoms, including pain and...
Therapeutic touch has been shown to help reduce pain in several ailments. Cancer patients experience...
Massage offers cancer patients general quality of life benefits as well as alleviation of cancer-rel...
CONTEXT: Treatment of pain in palliative care patients is challenging. Adjunctive methods of pain ma...
Background: Chronic pain is a major public health problem. It affects the quality of life of many p...
Background: Chemotherapy is the most common modality for cancer management, but it is associated wit...
Background: Although classic massage is used widely in Germany and elsewhere for treat-ing chronic p...
Background and purpose: Chronic pain is a major public health problem. It affects the quality of lif...
Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, p...
Introduction: Cancer patients are increasingly combining touch therapies (e.g., remedial massage, ly...
Background: Cancer increased worldwide. Pain is the most significant problem related for such patien...
Background: For children with cancer in palliative care, pain and worry are common and frequently un...
Background. The purpose of this study was to explore qualitative comments about massage therapy (MT)...
Background and Aim: Chemotherapy is a common method of cancer treatment and includes a complication....