Title

Migraine headaches are reduced by massage therapy

Keywords

Massage therapy; Migraine; Pain; Serotonin; Stress

Abstract

Twenty-six adults with migraine headaches were randomly assigned to a wait-list control group or to a massage therapy group, who received two 30-minute massages per week for five consecutive weeks. The massage therapy subjects reported fewer distress symptoms, less pain, more headache free days, fewer sleep disturbances and they showed an increase in serotonin levels.

Publication Date

1-1-1998

Publication Title

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volume

96

Issue

1-2

Number of Pages

1-11

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.3109/00207459808986453

Socpus ID

0032431319 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0032431319

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