| Number of articles: 9 |
| 1. Breast cancer patients have improved immune and neuroendocrine functions following massage therapy |
| Authors: Hernandez-Reif M, Ironson G, Field T, Hurley J, Katz G, Diego M, Weiss S, Fletcher MA, Schanberg S, Kuhn C, Burman I. |
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| OBJECTIVES: Women with breast cancer are at risk for elevated depression, anxiety, and decreased natural killer (NK) cell number. |
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| 2. HIV adolescents show improved immune function following massage therapy. |
| Authors: Diego MA, Field T, Hernandez-Reif M, Shaw K, Friedman L, Ironson G. |
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| HIV+adolescents (M CD4=466 mm3) recruited from a large urban university hospital's outpatient clinic were randomly assigned to receive massage therapy (n=12) or progressive muscle relaxation (n=12) two-times per week for 12 weeks. |
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| 3. Immunological effects of massage therapy during academic stress. |
| Authors: Zeitlin D, Keller SE, Shiflett SC, Schleifer SJ, Bartlett JA. |
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| 4. Leukemia immune changes following massage therapy |
| Authors: Field T, Cullen C, Diego M, Hernandez-Reif M, Sprinz P, Beebeb K, Kissell B, Bango-Sanchez V |
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| Twenty children with leukemia were provided with daily massage therapy by their parents and were compared to a standard treatment control group. |
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| 5. Local massage after vaccination enhances the immunogenicity of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine. |
| Authors: Hsu CY, Huang LM, Lee CY, Lin TY, Lee PI, Chen JM. |
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| The effect of local massage on adverse reactions and immunogenicity of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine was investigated. |
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| 6. Massage therapy is associated with enhancement of the immune system's cytotoxic capacity. |
| Authors: Ironson G, Field T, Scafidi F, Hashimoto M, Kumar M, Kumar A, Price A, Goncalves A, Burman I, Tetenman C, Patarca R, Fletcher MA. |
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| Twenty-nine gay men (20 HIV+, 9 HIV-) received daily massages for one month. |
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| 7. Measures of salivary secretory immunoglobulin A and state anxiety after a nursing back rub. |
| Authors: Groer M, Mozingo J, Droppleman P, Davis M, Jolly ML, Boynton M, Davis K, Kay S |
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| This study examined the effects of a 10-minute nursing back rub on salivary secretory immunoglobulin A (s-IgA) and state anxiety in well older adult subjects. |
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| 8. The effects of massage therapy on the human immune response in healthy adults |
| Authors: Lovas JM, Craig AR, Segal YD, Raison RL, Weston KM, Markus MR |
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| Little scientific investigation has been conducted to examine objectively the belief that massage therapy can effect the immune system of healthy people. |
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| 9. The effects of therapeutic back massage on psychophysiologic variables and immune function in spouses of patients with cancer. |
| Author: Goodfellow LM. |
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| BACKGROUND: Spouses of patients with cancer are at risk for stress-related disorders and may experience a reduction in immune function. |
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