Abstract：
OBJECTIVES:To develop and test the feasibility and acceptability of a structured design for a massage therapy clinical trial that included a treatment arm designed to control for the non-specific effects of a massage therapy intervention. DESIGN:Pilot randomized controlled clinical trial. SETTING:University-integrated medicine research clinic. INTERVENTIONS:Participants were randomized to a structured Swedish-style massage therapy intervention, a light-touch bodywork control intervention, or usual medical care. Details of the interventions are provided. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:The primary outcome measures were the adherence of the participants to the study protocol and the perception of the intervention experience. RESULTS:Forty-four participants were randomized. Participants often found adherence to the twice-weekly outpatient bodywork interventions to be somewhat difficult; while, overall, 84% of participants completed the study, only 76% of those in an intervention arm successfully completed the trial. Participants randomized to the massage arm expressed uniformly positive attitudes both before and after the intervention. While some participants randomized to the light-touch bodywork arm initially expressed some reservations about their randomization assignment, all participants available for interview were pleased with their experience after the intervention period. CONCLUSIONS:The proposed design was found to be relatively straightforward to implement and acceptable to participants. Early disappointment with not receiving massage therapy expressed by the light-touch intervention participants dissipated quickly. Twice-weekly outpatient intervention appointments were found to be highly burdensome for many patients actively undergoing chemotherapy, thus reducing adherence.
journal_name
Complement Ther Medjournal_title
Complementary therapies in medicineauthors
Patterson M,Maurer S,Adler SR,Avins ALdoi
10.1016/j.ctim.2007.08.001subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-06-01 00:00:00pages
169-76issue
3eissn
0965-2299issn
1873-6963pii
S0965-2299(07)00087-8journal_volume
16pub_type
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journal_title：Complementary therapies in medicine
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journal_title：Complementary therapies in medicine
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journal_title：Complementary therapies in medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ctim.2008.04.009
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pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title：Complementary therapies in medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ctim.2020.102442
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更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章,meta分析
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更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ctim.2019.03.012
更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ctim.2005.03.004
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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pub_type： 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2020-11-28 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Complementary therapies in medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ctim.2020.102516
更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Complementary therapies in medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00
