the effect of massage therapy on the quality of sleep in women with multiple sclerosis being admitted by isfahan m.s. association bahraini s , naji sa* , mannani r , bekhradi r received: 25 april, 2010 accepted: 27 july, 2010 abstract background & aims: low quality of sleep is one of the most common signs in multiple sclerosis that can result in reducing the quality of life, increasing mortalit...

BACKGROUND Integrative therapies such as massage have gained support as interventions that improve the overall patient experience during hospitalization. Thoracic surgery patients undergo long procedures and commonly have postoperative back, neck, and shoulder pain. PURPOSE Given the promising effects of massage therapy for alleviation of pain, we studied the effectiveness and feasibility of ...

Aims: Research has shown that most of the elderly suffer from knee osteoarthritis. Massage therapy is one of the non-pharmacological methods that according to studies can be used to relieve the symptoms caused by knee osteoarthritis in the elderly. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of reaching a comprehensive view on massage therapy in relieving the symptoms of knee osteoa...

background & aim:  pain and anxiety are the most common complications after cesarean section. the use of medications is the most common strategy for alleviating these problems. however, the adverse effects of these drugs and lack of access to them for some patients, has led to an increase in application of non-drug methods such as massage. methods:this blind clinical trial was performed in omol...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to determine the change in blood pressure (BP) in normotensive and prehypertensive adults resulting from a therapeutic massage, and the factors associated with such changes, including demographic and massage characteristics. DESIGN SETTINGS/LOCATION National University of Health Sciences Massage Therapy Clinic, Lombard, IL. SUBJECTS The subjects...

background: anxiety is the most prevalent psychological side effect of breast cancer and chemotherapy. this study aimed to determine the effect of slow stroke back massage (ssbm) on the anxiety of old female patients with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy. methods: in this quasi-experimental study, 80 elderly women with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy were enrolled by continuous sampl...

results the results showed that the mean scores of nausea in the control group was increased from 2.97 on the first day to 3.26 and in the intervention group was decreased from 3.44 to 1.52 at the end of trial. however there was not any significant difference in the first, second, third and fourth days between two groups. conclusions massage can reduce nausea. however further studies with large...

background : prehypertension is considered as a cardiovascular disease predicator. management of prehypertension is an appropriate objective for clinicians in a wide range of medical centers. treatment of prehypertension is primarily non-pharmacological, one of which is massage therapy that is used to control the blood pressure. this study aimed to evaluate the effect of swedish massage (face, ...