Positive Health Online

Issue 229

BENNETT and COLLEAGUES,  (1)Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth, UK conducted a review to assess whether infant massage is effective in promoting infant physical and mental health in low-risk, population &n1

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Issue 221

NELSON,  4012 Alesbury Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA. nicolelnelson@att.net reviewed the literature for delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), including the role of psychosocial factors and massage1

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Issue 197

SISKO and COLLEAGUES, Institute of Kinesiology, Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. polona.krsmanc@gmail.com determined the effects of workplace manual technique interventions1

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Issue 197

MUNK and COLLEAGUES, Graduate Center for Gerontology, University of Kentucky , Lexington, KY 40536, USA. Niki.Munk@uky.edu examined the potential impact of massage therapy (MT) in older adults (60+ years) wi1

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Issue 196

OLSZEWSKI and COLLEAGUES, Institution Department of Surgical Research and Transplantology, Medical Research Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland. wlo@cmdik.pan.pl studied lymph and tissue fluid flo1

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Issue 191

FIELD and COLLEAGUES, Touch Research Institute, University of Miami School, Miami, FL 33101, USA. tfield@med.miami.edu review potential underlying mechanisms for massage therapy effects on preterm infant wei1

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Issue 187

ALBERT and COLLEAGUES, Nursing Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA sought to determine whether massage therapy improves postoperative mood, pain, anxiety, and physiologic measurements; shortens hospital stay; and decreases occurr1

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Issue 184

LEMANEK and COLLEAGUES, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Philadelphia 43205, USA. kathleen.lemanek@nationwidechildrens.org conducted a randomized controlled trial to study the s1

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Issue 181

BONGI and COLLEAGUES, Department of Biomedicine, Division of Rheumatology, AOUC, Denothe Centre, University of Florence, Florence, Italy evaluated the efficacy of a rehabilitation program using connective tissue massage and joint manipulation in the1

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Issue 178

POSADZKI and COLLEAGUES,  University of East Anglia School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom review [59 references] the published evidence for massage and passive movement which they suggest may be 1

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Issue 177

OSWALT and COLLEAGUES,  University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA designed a study to examine the effects of an infant massage intervention on adolescent mothers' attitudes and perceptions of their infants.

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Issue 165

FIELD and COLLEAGUES, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33101, USA. tfield@med.miami.edu researched whether massage therapy increased serum insulin and insulin-like gro1

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Issue 162

FURLAN and COLLEAGUES, Institute for Work & Health, 481 University Avenue, Suite 800, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5G 2E9. afurlan@iwh.on.ca Review [59 refs] and assess the effects of massage therapy for non-specific1

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Issue 160

BUCKLE and COLLEAGUES,  Centre for Complementary Health & Integrated Medicine, Thames Valley University, London, UK. jane.buckle@tvu.ac.uk  measured the physiological effect of the M Technique on1

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Issue 160

BAKOWSKI and COLLEAGUES,  Studenckie Kolo Medycyny Sportowej, Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu. pawelbakowski@o2.pl  researched whether massage administered 30 minutes followi1

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Issue 160

SURESH and COLLEAGUES,  Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology, Children's Memorial Hospital, and Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60614, USA. ssuresh@childrensmemoria1

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Issue 160

OH and  YOON, Department of Nursing, Inje University, Busanjin-gu, Busan, Korea. ohjina@inje.ac.kr  studies the effects of self leg massage in nurses in reducing oedema and pain.

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Issue 158

POWELL and STAPLEY, Self-Management Programme, Applied Research Centre in Health & Lifestyle Interventions, Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, UK. l.powell@coventry.ac.uk1

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Issue 157

ROH and COLLEAGUES, Red Cross College of Nursing, Seoul, South Korea. aqua@redcross.ac.kr studied effects of skin rehabilitation massage therapy (SRMT) on pruritus, skin status, and depression.

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Issue 156

ANDERSON and CUTSHALL, Thoracic/Vascular Intensive Care Unit, St. Mary's Hospital-Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.  anderson.patricia4@mayo.edu review (17 refs) the benefits of massage in the reduct1

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