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• Title:Massage therapy : the evidence for practice / edited by Grant Jewell Rich ; foreword by Janet R. Kahn.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Rich, Grant Jewell.
  
• Published/Created:Edinburgh ; New York : Mosby, 2002.
  

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  • Call Number: WB537 .M4149 2002
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Massage therapy.
  Evidence-based medicine.
  
• Medical Subjects: Massage.
  Evidence-Based Medicine.
  Patient Care Planning.
  Research Design.
  Treatment Outcome.
  
• Description:xix, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
  
• Summary:Bates College, Lewiston, ME. Text brings together the findings of some of the most respected researchers on the effectiveness of massage therapy. Four sections cover methods and massage, massage research on various conditions, massage across the lifespan, and massage and the workplace. (Product description).
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:0723432171
  
• Contents:1. Evidence-based massage therapy: a contradiction in terms? / Edzard Ernst
  2. Methodological issues in the design and conduct of massage therapy research / Martha Brown Menard
  3. Massage therapy for immune disorders / Tiffany M. Field
  4. effect of massage therapy in ovarian cancer patients / Silvana Lawvere
  5. Massage therapy for chemotherapy-induced emesis / Buford T. Lively, Monica Holiday-Goodman and Curtis D. Black / [et al.]
  6. Massage therapy following spinal cord injury / Sandra L. Rogers
  7. Supplemental tactile and kinesthetic stimulation for preterm infants / John N. I. Dieter and Eugene K. Emory
  8. Hand massage in the agitated elderly / Ruth Remington
  9. Employee outcomes following work-site acupressure and massage / Margaret Hodge, Carol Robinson and Judie Boehmer / [et al.].