Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: The current study investigated the effects of massage therapy on headache activity of individuals with tension-type headache using a placebo controlled design.Participants received either six sessions of medium pressure ("true") massage or light pressure (placebo) massage or no treatment (headache-recording control).Results indicated massage was associated with a moderate decrease in headache activity regardless of whether the massage involved the manual manipulation of soft tissues.
Author: Roen Montalva
Institution: Ohio University
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Neurology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2254166003