What Can Be Learned from Cochrane Systematic Reviews of Massage That Can Guide Future Research?
- 1 March 2007
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Mary Ann Liebert Inc in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
- Vol. 13 (2) , 291-296
- https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2006.6291
Abstract
Massage is an increasingly popular complementary and alternative medicine modality used for a variety of conditions. Cochrane massage reviews are a gold mine of observations regarding the methodologic issues inherent in massage trials and have raised important questions, which can be used to guide future research. Among the research issues raised in Cochrane reviews are questions about combination trials, practitioner qualifications, adequate doses, and appropriate control groups. This article summarizes these key research issues.Keywords
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