Posted on July 8, 2009 by Massage Therapists' Association of British Columbia
Ekici G; Bakar Y; Akbayrak T; Yuksel I
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 divided randomly into 2 groups. Whereas 25 of [...]
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Posted on December 8, 2008 by Massage Therapists' Association of British Columbia
P Schweinhardt, KM. Sauro, MC Bushnell
This article presents evidence that fibromyalgia patients have alterations in CNS anatomy, physiology, and chemistry that potentially contribute to the symptoms experienced by these patients. There is substantial psychophysical evidence that fibromyalgia patients perceive pain and other noxious stimuli differently than healthy individuals and that normal pain modulatory systems, such [...]
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Posted on November 4, 2008 by Massage Therapists' Association of British Columbia
Using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), researchers in France were able to detect functional abnormalities in certain regions in the brains of patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia, reinforcing the idea that symptoms of the disorder are related to a dysfunction in those parts of the brain where pain is processed.
Clinical Correlate of Brain SPECT Perfusion [...]
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