Traditional Medicine and Complementary/Alternative Medicine guidelines

Massage

Guidelines, reviews

Analgesia, anesthesia - Massage

• Articles in journals
  • Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
    • Effectiveness of Massage Therapy for Chronic, Non-malignant Pain: A Review [2007]

Child care - Massage

• United States of America
  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
    • Best evidence statement (BESt). Cystic fibrosis - effects of massage therapy on quality of life [2009]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Best evidence statement (BESt). Cystic fibrosis - effects of massage therapy on quality of life. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center [2009]
• Articles in journals
  • Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
    • Randomized Controlled Trials of Pediatric Massage: A Review [2007]

Digestive system diseases - Massage

• United Kingdom
  • Bandolier
    • Abdominal massage for chronic constipation [2000]

Lymphatic diseases - Massage

• Canada
  • Steering Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Care and Treatment of Breast Cancer
    • Clinical practice guidelines for the care and treatment of breast cancer: 11. Lymphedema [2001]
• Articles in journals
  • Archives of Surgery
    • Differential Diagnosis, Investigation, and Current Treatment of Lower Limb Lymphedema [2003]

Mental disorders - Massage

• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Massage and touch for dementia
• Sweden
  • Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care
    • Touch massage for dementia [2002]
• Articles in journals
  • Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
    • Physiological Adjustments to Stress Measures Following Massage Therapy: A Review of the Literature [2010]

Multiple indications - Massage

• United Kingdom
  • Bandolier
    • Effectiveness of massage [1994]
• United States of America
  • InteliHealth
    • Rolfing
    • Reflexology
    • Massage
    • Craniosacral Therapy
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    • Massage Therapy
  • National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
    • Massage Therapy as CAM
• Articles in journals
  • British Medical Journal
    • Massage therapies [1999]

Musculoskeletal diseases - Massage

• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Massage for mechanical neck disorders
    • Massage for low back pain
    • Deep transverse friction massage for treating tendinitis
• United Kingdom
  • Bandolier
    • Massage for low back pain [2000]
    • Massage for delayed-onset muscle soreness [2000]
• Articles in journals
  • BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
    • Development of a taxonomy to describe massage treatments for musculoskeletal pain [2006]
  • British Medical Journal
    • Massage treatment for back pain [2003]
  • European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
    • Ergonomic and physiotherapeutic interventions for treating work-related complaints of the arm, neck or shoulder in adults. A Cochrane systematic review [2007]

Neoplasms - Massage

• United States of America
  • Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center
    • Rolfing
    • Reflexology
    • Massage Therapy
    • Craniosacral Therapy

Pregnancy, newborn - Massage

• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Massage intervention for promoting mental and physical health in infants aged under six months
    • Massage for promoting growth and development of preterm and/or low birth-weight infants
• United Kingdom
  • Bandolier
    • Massage for growth and development of pre-term infants [2001]

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