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Therapeutic tactile stimulation

Known as: touch healing, Healing Touch, Touch, Therapeutic 
A form of complementary and alternative medicine based on the belief that vital energy flows through the human body. This energy is said to be… Expand
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Preservation of immune function in cervical cancer patients during chemoradiation using a novel integrative approach
Patients receiving chemoradiation for cervical cancer are at risk for distress, chemoradiation-related side-effects, and… Expand
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Introducing Complementary and Alternative Therapies.
  • Mary S. Koithan
  • The journal for nurse practitioners : JNP
  • 2009
    • Corpus ID: 8287543
or make available. NIH/NCCAM defines CAM as “a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are… Expand
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Review
2004
Review
2004
Making words count: the value of qualitative research.
In the current climate of evidence-based practice, physiotherapy is urged to prove its worth via rigorous scientific research… Expand
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Therapeutic Massage and Healing Touch Improve Symptoms in Cancer
Complementary therapies are increasingly used to reduce side effects of cancer treatment, without evidence for their… Expand
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
A close look at therapeutic touch.
CONTEXT Therapeutic Touch (TT) is a widely used nursing practice rooted in mysticism but alleged to have a scientific basis… Expand
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
The effect of therapeutic touch on pain and anxiety in burn patients.
The purpose of this single-blinded randomized clinical trial was to determine whether therapeutic touch (TT) versus sham TT could… Expand
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Dance/Movement Therapy: A Healing Art
Comprend bibliographie et plusieurs appendices: A- Participants l'etude; B- Membres de l'American Dance Therapy Association; C… Expand
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Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Effects of Therapeutic Touch On Tension Headache Pain
Therapeutic touch (TT) is a modern derivative of the laying on of hands that involves touching with the intent to help or heal… Expand
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Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Anxiety Level of Hospitalized Patients
  • P. Heidt
  • Nursing research
  • 1981
    • Corpus ID: 11757048
Effect of therapeutic touch on the anxiety of 90 volunteer male and female subjects between the ages of 21 and 65, hospitalized… Expand
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Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Multidimensional reaction to therapeutic touch in a hospital setting.
A field experiment focused on some implication of interpersonal touch not explored in earlier research. Conceptually, the… Expand
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