The use of massage therapy for reducing pain, anxiety, and depression in oncological palliative care patients: a narrative review of the literature

Category Structured summary of systematic reviews
JournalDatabase of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
Year 2012
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The authors concluded that massage therapy was to be considered a cost-efficient noninvasive intervention that positively influenced and contributed to the reduction of pain, anxiety and depression in seriously ill cancer patients. Given the possibility of missing studies and reliance on a small and variable yield the authors' conclusion seems overstated and its reliability is unclear.
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First added on: Oct 29, 2012