| Literature DB >> 9383925 |
T Field1, M Hernandez-Reif, S Seligman, J Krasnegor, W Sunshine, R Rivas-Chacon, S Schanberg, C Kuhn.
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Studied children with mild to moderate juvenile rheumatoid arthritis who were massaged by their parents 15 minutes a day for 30 days (and a control group engaged in relaxation therapy). The children's anxiety and stress hormone (cortisol) levels were immediately decreased by the massage, and over the 30-day period their pain decreased on self-reports, parent reports, and their physician's assessment of pain (both the incidence and severity) and pain-limiting activities.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID： 9383925 DOI： 10.1093/jpepsy/22.5.607
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pediatr Psychol ISSN： 0146-8693