A Randomized Controlled Study of the Pain- and Tension-Reducing Effects of 15 Min Workplace Massage Treatments Versus Seated Rest for Nurses in a Large Teaching Hospital

Joel Katz; Adarose Wowk; Dianne Culp; Heather Wakeling

doi:10.1155/1999/145703

Pain Research and Management (Jan 1999)

A Randomized Controlled Study of the Pain- and Tension-Reducing Effects of 15 Min Workplace Massage Treatments Versus Seated Rest for Nurses in a Large Teaching Hospital

Joel Katz,
Adarose Wowk,
Dianne Culp,
Heather Wakeling

Affiliations

Joel Katz: Department of Psychology, The Toronto Hospital, Canada
Adarose Wowk: Acute Pain Research Unit, Department of Anaesthesia, The Toronto Hospital and Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada
Dianne Culp: The Toronto Hospital Fitness Centre, Canada
Heather Wakeling: The Toronto Hospital Fitness Centre, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1999/145703
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 2
pp. 81 – 88

Abstract

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OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether a series of eight 15 min, on-site massage treatments would be effective in reducing pain and tension in nursing staff at a large teaching hospital.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7040

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