Trial reportPain medicine (Malden, Mass.)2017
Massage Therapy and Quality of Life in Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A Qualitative Study.
Trial report in Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.
- Patients' experiences and perceived outcomes of manual therapy: a qualitative systematic review with framework synthesis.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
- Experiences and perceptions of Chinese patients enrolled in a clinical trial assessing tuina and manual therapies for knee osteoarthritis: a nested qualitative study.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Trial
- Widespread Pressure Delivered by a Weighted Blanket Reduces Chronic Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.The journal of pain · 2022Trial
- The Impact of Relaxation Massage Prior to Bedtime on Sleep Quality and Quantity in People with Symptoms of Chronic Insomnia: A Home-Based Sleep Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine therapies for knee osteoarthritis: a visual analytics analysis of the research domain.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- The status and hotspot analysis of research on extracellular vesicles and osteoarthritis: a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
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- Knowledge and utilization of manual therapy in the management of knee osteoarthritis by physical therapists in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Effect of a massage chair (BFM-M8040) on neck and shoulder pain in office workers: A randomized controlled clinical trial.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Tendon-regulating and bone-setting manipulation promotes the recovery of synovial inflammation in rabbits with knee osteoarthritis via the TLR4-MyD88-NF-κB signaling pathway.Annals of translational medicine · 2023Article
- Hybrid Therapeutic Device (CUHK-OA-M2) for Relieving Symptoms Induced by Knee Osteoarthritis.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Use of massage therapy by mid-aged and older Australian women.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2022Article
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- Therapeutic Value of Traditional Chinese Massage plus Moxibustion for Degenerative Knee Osteoarthritis.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
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- Abdominal Massage Alleviates Skeletal Muscle Insulin Resistance by Regulating the AMPK/SIRT1/PGC-1α Signaling Pathway.Cell biochemistry and biophysics · 2021Article
- Evaluation of the effect of a three-color ladder management model for knee osteoarthritis in the community.American journal of translational research · 2021Article
- Whole Systems Research Methods in Health Care: A Scoping Review.Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) · 2019Article
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Abstract
Objective: We hypothesized that participants receiving Swedish massage would experience benefits such as stress reduction and enhanced quality of life, in addition to the osteoarthritis-specific effects assessed in a randomized controlled clinical trial. Design: Qualitative methods were used to explore a deeper contextual understanding of participants' experiences with massage and osteoarthritis, in addition to the quantitative data collected from primary and secondary outcome measures of the dose-finding study. Setting: Two community hospitals affiliated with academic health centers in Connecticut and New Jersey. Subjects: Eighteen adults who previously participated in a dose-finding clinical trial of massage therapy for osteoarthritis of the knee. Methods: Face-to-face and telephone interviews using a standardized interview guide. Triangulation of qualitative and quantitative data allowed for a more thorough understanding of the effects of massage therapy. Results: Three salient themes emerged from our analysis. Participants discussed 1) relaxation effects, 2) improved quality of life associated with receiving massage therapy, and 3) the accessibility of massage therapy in treating osteoarthritis. Conclusions: Participant responses noted empowerment with an improved ability to perform activities of daily living after experiencing massage therapy. The majority of statements were consistent with their quantitative changes on standard osteoarthritis measures. Future research in pain conditions should include health-related quality of life assessments as well as outcomes related to perceived well-being, along with greater exploration of the concept of salutogenic side effects of an intervention in the context of complementary and integrative therapies.
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