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Article: Massage therapy effects on depressed pregnant women
- Article from:
- Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Article date:
- June 1, 2004
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CopyrightCopyright CRC Press Jun 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Eighty-four depressed pregnant women were recruited during the second trimester of pregnancy and randomly assigned to a massage therapy group, a progressive muscle relaxation group or a control group that received standard prenatal care alone. These groups were compared to each other and to a non-depressed group at the end of pregnancy. The massage therapy group participants received two 20 min therapy sessions by their significant others each week for 16 weeks of pregnancy, starting during the second trimester. The relaxation group provided themselves with progressive muscle relaxation sessions on the same time schedule. Immediately after the massage therapy sessions on the first and last ...