Massage Therapy and Quality of Life in Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We hypothesized that participants receiving Swedish massage would experience benefits such as stress reduction and enhanced quality of life, in addition to the osteoarthritis-specific effects assessed in a randomized controlled clinical trial.

Design

Qualitative methods were used to explore a deeper contextual understanding of participants' experiences with massage and osteoarthritis, in addition to the quantitative data collected from primary and secondary outcome measures of the dose-finding study.

Setting

Two community hospitals affiliated with academic health centers in Connecticut and New Jersey.

Subjects

Eighteen adults who previously participated in a dose-finding clinical trial of massage therapy for osteoarthritis of the knee.

Methods

SUBMITTER: Ali A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6279287 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature