Massage-and-Bodywork Studies Announced
The leading government entity for complementary health-care research announced in late December its funding of 10 massage-and-bodywork studies during fiscal year 2006.
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health funds studies at universities and centers throughout the nation.
The NCCAM-funded massage-and-bodywork studies currently underway are;
A Model for the Mechanism of Action of Massage
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
An Investigation of Jin Shin Treatment after Stroke
University of Colorado at Boulder
Craniosacral Therapy in Migraine Feasibility Study
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Effect of Massage on Chronic Low Back Pain
Center for Health Studies, Seattle, Washington
Effects of Massage on Immune System of Preterm Infants
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
Massage Benefits in HIV+ Children: Mechanisms of Action
University of Miami Medical School, Miami, Florida
Massaging Preterm Infants Enhances Growth
University of Miami Medical School, Miami, Florida
Neurohormonal Effects of Massage Therapy
University of Miami Medical School, Miami, Florida
Reiki and Physiological Consequences of Acute Stress
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
Therapeutic Massage for Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Center for Health Studies, Seattle, Washington
For more information, visit http://nccam.nih.gov. |