Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis: Benefits from Massage Theraphy |
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| Authors: | Field, Tiffany Hernandez-Reif, Maria Seligmen, Susan Krasnegor, Josh Sunshine, William Rivas-Chacon, Rafael Schanberg, Saul Kuhn, Cynthia |
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| Affiliation: | University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami Children's Hospital, Duke University Medical School 2All correspondence should be sent to Tifany Field, Touch Research Institute, Iniversity of Miami School of Medicine, P.O. Box 016820, Miami, Florida 33101 |
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| Abstract: | Studied children with mild to moderate juvenile rheumatoid arthritiswho were massaged by their parents 15 minutes a day for 30 days(and a control group engaged in relaxation therapy). The children'sanxiety and stress hormone (cortisol) levels were immediatelydecreased by the massage, and over the 30-day period their paindecreased on self-reports, parent reports, and their physician'sassessment of pain (both the incidence and severity) and pain-limitingactivities |
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| Keywords: | juvenile rheumatoid arthritis massage therapy. |
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