Sentence examples for massage compared with from inspiring English sources

Prices at the bathhouse are considerably lower than a la carte prices at the hotel: $22 for a massage compared with $32 at the hotel, for example.

Specific aims included determining the difference in pain, anxiety, tension, and satisfaction scores of patients before and after massage compared with patients who received standard care.

Two RCTs tested massage compared with Sham TENS or another type of massage [ 14, 15].

There was a significant decrease in activity during stress after massage compared with pre-massage in the left caudate nucleus, rectus gyrus (Brodmann Area 11), and bilaterally in the inferior frontal gyrus.

Adherence was good for both six and 24 lessons in the Alexander technique, and for massage compared with adherence in other back pain intervention trials, 7 possibly as a result of the perceived symptomatic benefit.

A 2006 report of a randomized trial of open heart surgery patients described an unquantified reduction in pre- and postoperative pain in the intervention arm (a package of CAM therapies including guided imagery and light massage) compared with the standard care control [ 16].

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of repeated effleurage massage treatments compared with a visit control group on circulating lymphocytes by studying the number and activity of peripheral blood NK cells, CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in women with breast cancer.

The percentage of T cells, more specifically the T-helper subset expressing IL-4, decreased significantly in the massage group compared with the SIS group at week 24.

Lymphocyte phenotyping found that CD25+ cells were significantly higher in the massage group compared with the SIS group at week 24.

A short course of six lessons in the Alexander technique, a longer course of 24 lessons, and six sessions of massage were compared with normal care half with and half without a doctor's prescription for home based general exercise and a practice nurse's behavioural counselling.

A drop in systolic blood pressure of 8.5 mmHg was recorded immediately after facial massage compared to that of 1 mmHg recorded after foot massage.