TY - JOUR
T1 - Massage Therapy Effects
AU - Field, Tiffany M.
PY - 1998/12
Y1 - 1998/12
N2 - Massage therapy is older than recorded time, and rubbing was the primary form of medicine until the pharmaceutical revolution of the 1940s. Popularized again as part of the alternative medicine movement, massage therapy has recently received empirical support for facilitating growth, reducing pain, increasing alertness, diminishing depression, and enhancing immune function. In this article studies are reviewed that document these effects, and models are proposed for potential underlying mechanisms.
AB - Massage therapy is older than recorded time, and rubbing was the primary form of medicine until the pharmaceutical revolution of the 1940s. Popularized again as part of the alternative medicine movement, massage therapy has recently received empirical support for facilitating growth, reducing pain, increasing alertness, diminishing depression, and enhancing immune function. In this article studies are reviewed that document these effects, and models are proposed for potential underlying mechanisms.
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U2 - 10.1037/0003-066X.53.12.1270
DO - 10.1037/0003-066X.53.12.1270
M3 - Article
C2 - 9872050
AN - SCOPUS:0032246811
VL - 53
SP - 1270
EP - 1281
JO - American Psychologist
JF - American Psychologist
SN - 0003-066X
IS - 12
ER -