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, ne...

Abstracts from the Poster Session of the 2016 American Massage Therapy Association National Conventions from the Poster Session of the 2016 American Massage Therapy Association National Convention EFFECt oF MASSAgE thERApy oN thE pRopRioCEptivE SyStEM oF AN AutiStiC Child—A CASE Study Rachel Benbow, LMT, BA, MLIS Introduction: Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often have an underdeve...

BACKGROUND Pre-hypertension is considered as a cardiovascular disease predicator. Management of pre-hypertension is an appropriate objective for clinicians in a wide range of medical centers. Treatment of pre-hypertension is primarily non-pharmacological, one of which is massage therapy that is used to control the BP. This study aimed to evaluate the survival effect of Swedish massage (face, ne...

BACKGROUND Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, and the second leading cause of cancer deaths. The detection and treatment of this cancer may create mental pressure and lower mood levels, causing anxiety, depression, stress, and pain for the patients. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine the effects of Swedish massage on mood disorders in breast cancer patients under...

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: Fatigue is one of the most prevalent and debilitating complications of cancer and its treatments. Patients with radiotherapy experience some degrees of fatigue. Complementary medicine methods, have reduced the complications of treatments in many disorders. Accordingly, the present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the effect of aromatherapy by inhalation and massage on R...

Methods Twenty-four MS patients with scores ranging from 3.0 to 7.0 on the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) received four weeks of Swedish massage treatments. The Six-Minute-Walk-Test (6MWT) was used to assess their exercise capacity and leg function and the Hamburg Quality of Life in MS (HAQUAMS) instrument was used to assess changes in client QoL. These assessments were measured before...

delivered to trained nurses and masseuses at the school of electricity and massage in connection with the West End Hospital for diseases of the nervous system, paralysis, and epilepsy in Welbeck Street. It treats of massage in all its forms and varieties, medical gymnastics, the Swedish movement cure, nerve vibration, Turkish, Russian and other baths, inhalation and electrization, and gives som...