Falkensteiner Maria, Mantovan Franco, Müller Irene, Them Christa
Division of Cardiology, Hospital of Bolzano, District Health Bolzano-Südtirol, L. Bühlerstr. 5, 39100 Bolzano, Italy.
ISRN Nurs. 2011;2011:929868. doi: 10.5402/2011/929868. Epub 2011 Aug 23.
A considerable number of cancer patients use complementary medicine therapies in order to alleviate different symptoms such as pain, anxiety, and depression, occurring in connection with cancer. This paper explores the question to what extent massage therapies are able to reduce the amount of pain, anxiety, and depression. For this purpose, a systematic literature analysis was carried out in the electronic databases and specialist journals. There is already evidence that massage therapies can influence the symptoms of pain, anxiety, and depression in a positive way.
相当多的癌症患者使用补充替代医学疗法来缓解与癌症相关的不同症状,如疼痛、焦虑和抑郁。本文探讨了按摩疗法在多大程度上能够减轻疼痛、焦虑和抑郁的程度。为此,在电子数据库和专业期刊上进行了系统的文献分析。已有证据表明,按摩疗法可以对疼痛、焦虑和抑郁症状产生积极影响。