Comparison of Manual Lymph Drainage Therapy and Connective Tissue Massage in Women With Fibromyalgia: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Ekici, Gamze; Bakar, Yeşim; Akbayrak, Türkan; Yüksel, İnci

doi:10.1016/j.jmpt.2008.12.001

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Comparison of Manual Lymph Drainage Therapy and Connective Tissue Massage in Women With Fibromyalgia: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Published in Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics • Feb 1, 2009

Authors:

Gamze Ekici

Yeşim Bakar

Türkan Akbayrak

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This study analyzed and compared the effects of manual lymph drainage therapy (MLDT) and connective tissue massage (CTM) in women with primary fibromyalgia (PFM). METHODS: The study design was a randomized controlled trial. Fifty women with PFM completed the study. The patients were divid...

Subject

Medicine

Massage

Fibromyalgia

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