Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis: Benefits from Massage Theraphy
Open Access
- 1 October 1997
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Pediatric Psychology
- Vol. 22 (5) , 607-617
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/22.5.607
Abstract
Studied children with mild to moderate juvenile rheumatoid arthritis who were massaged by their parents 15 minutes a day for 30 days (and a control group engaged in relaxation therapy). The children's anxiety and stress hormone (cortisol) levels were immediately decreased by the massage, and over the 30-day period their pain decreased on self-reports, parent reports, and their physician's assessment of pain (both the incidence and severity) and pain-limiting activitiesKeywords
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