Massage Therapy and Quality of Life in Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A Qualitative Study
Author(s) -
Ather Ali,
Lisa Rosenberger,
Theresa R. Weiss,
Carl Milak,
Adam Perlman
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pain medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1526-4637
pISSN - 1526-2375
DOI - 10.1093/pm/pnw217
Subject(s) - massage , medicine , physical therapy , osteoarthritis , quality of life (healthcare) , context (archaeology) , randomized controlled trial , qualitative research , clinical trial , manual therapy , thematic analysis , alternative medicine , nursing , surgery , paleontology , social science , pathology , sociology , biology
We hypothesized that participants receiving Swedish massage would experience benefits such as stress reduction and enhanced quality of life, in addition to the osteoarthritis-specific effects assessed in a randomized controlled clinical trial.
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