Background Infantile colic is a painful phase in the first months of infancy but no safe and effective conventional treatment exists. Massage is used in traditional medicine as a control and treatment method for infantile colic. The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of massage in the control and treatment of infantile colic. Materials and Methods We searched international...

BACKGROUND Clinical reasoning has long been a valuable tool for health care practitioners, but it has been under-researched in the field of massage therapy. Case reports have been a useful method for exploring the clinical reasoning process in various fields of manual therapy and can provide a model for similar research in the field of massage therapy. A diagnostically challenging case concerni...

Eighty-four depressed pregnant women were recruited during the second trimester of pregnancy and randomly assigned to a massage therapy group, a progressive muscle relaxation group or a control group that received standard prenatal care alone. These groups were compared to each other and to a non-depressed group at the end of pregnancy. The massage therapy group participants received two 20 min...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To review relevant literature about massage therapy to assess the feasibility of integrating the body-based complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practice as a supportive care intervention for children with cancer. DATA SOURCES PubMed, online references, published government reports, and the bibliographies of retrieved articles, reviews, and books on massage and mass...

Background: Infantile colic, cry-fuss and sleep problems are transient in the initial months of life, but they contribute to maternal depression, parenting stress and family mental health problems. In this randomized clinical trial, we aimed to explore the efficacy of massage therapy compared to rocking in reducing infantile colic symptoms including duration and number of cries, sleep duration ...

abstract background: one of the main causes of stress in the lives of people is their jobs. occupational stress is causing a wide range of significant issues in health and community services. nursing is the most stressful profession in the health services. massage therapy is one way of coping with stress. this study was conducted to determine the effect of massage therapy on stress in nurses. m...

OBJECTIVE To review and critique the research on the effect of massage therapy and therapeutic touch in children, and to describe clinical implications and make suggestions for future study. DATA SOURCES Studies were obtained through online computer searches of CINAHL, MEDLINE, PsychInfo, and SocioFile. Key words used were tactile, kinesthetic, massage therapy, touch, therapeutic touch, infan...

Methods A 3-month pilot was performed offering massage therapy to postoperative breast surgical patients. A certified massage therapist approached patients the day after surgery. Massage duration was determined by discussion between the therapist and patient. Massage was offered at a fee of $1/minute and billed through the institutional billing system. Pain, anxiety and tension levels were docu...

objectives: massage therapy is one of the most widely used complementary and alternative medicine therapies for children. this study was conducted to determine the effect of wedish massage on abnormal reflexes in children with spastic cerebral palsy (cp). methods: this study was a single blind clinical trial conducted on forty children with spastic cp who were recruited from clinics of the univ...

OBJECTIVES Changes in gene expression after traditional Japanese massage therapy were investigated to clarify the mechanisms of the clinical effects of traditional Japanese massage therapy. DESIGN This was a pilot experimental study. SETTINGS/LOCATION The study was conducted in a laboratory at Tsukuba University of Technology. SUBJECTS The subjects were 2 healthy female volunteers (58-yea...