A study of end-of-life care suggests significant gains from massage therapy if it's preferred by the patient. Researchers also found the benefits may extend to the patients primary caregiver.
A full report on this research will run in the October issue of MASSAGE Magazine.
The research revealed the subjects and their study partners received significantly greater benefit if the terminally-ill patients were assigned to their preferred treatment, reported higher quality of life at the time of study enrollment and participated longer in the study.