Burn injuries benefit from massage therapy.
Published
Journal Article
Twenty-eight adult patients with burns were randomly assigned before debridement to either a massage therapy group or a standard treatment control group. State anxiety and cortisol levels decreased, and behavior ratings of state, activity, vocalizations, and anxiety improved after the massage therapy sessions on the first and last days of treatment. Longer-term effects were also significantly better for the massage therapy group including decreases in depression and anger, and decreased pain on the McGill Pain Questionnaire, Present Pain Intensity scale, and Visual Analogue Scale. Although the underlying mechanisms are not known, these data suggest that debridement sessions were less painful after the massage therapy sessions due to a reduction in anxiety, and that the clinical course was probably enhanced as the result of a reduction in pain, anger, and depression.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Field, T; Peck, M; Krugman, S; Tuchel, T; Schanberg, S; Kuhn, C; Burman, I
Published Date
- May 1998
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 19 / 3
Start / End Page
- 241 - 244
PubMed ID
- 9622469
Pubmed Central ID
- 9622469
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0273-8481
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1097/00004630-199805000-00010
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States