Touch Research Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine (W.S., T.M.F., O.Q., K.F.); Duke University Medical School (C.K., S.S.); and Educating Hands School (I.B.).
J Clin Rheumatol. 1996 Feb;2(1):18-22. doi: 10.1097/00124743-199602000-00005.
Thirty adult fibromyalgia syndrome subjects were randomly assigned to a massage therapy, a transcutaneous electrical stimulation (TENS), or a transcutaneous electrical stimulation no-current group (Sham TENS) for 30-minute treatment sessions two times per week for 5 weeks. The massage therapy subjects reported lower anxiety and depression, and their cortisol levels were lower immediately after the therapy sessions on the first and last days of the study. The TENS group showed similar changes, but only after therapy on the last day of the study. The massage therapy group improved on the dolorimeter measure of pain. They also reported less pain the last week, less stiffness and fatigue, and fewer nights of difficult sleeping. Thus, massage therapy was the most effective therapy with these fibromyalgia patients.
三十名成年纤维肌痛综合征患者被随机分配到按摩治疗组、经皮电刺激（TENS）组或经皮电刺激无电流组（假 TENS 组），每周接受两次 30 分钟的治疗，共 5 周。按摩治疗组报告的焦虑和抑郁程度较低，他们的皮质醇水平在研究的第一天和最后一天的治疗后立即降低。TENS 组也显示出类似的变化，但仅在研究的最后一天治疗后。按摩治疗组在疼痛测量计上的疼痛得到改善。他们还报告说，最后一周疼痛减轻，僵硬和疲劳减少，睡眠困难的夜晚减少。因此，按摩疗法对这些纤维肌痛患者是最有效的治疗方法。
