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What is Massage? Massage is the practice of applying structured pressure, tension, motion or vibration manually or with mechanical aids to the soft tissues of the body, including muscles, connective tissue, tendons, ligaments, joints and lymphatic vessels, to achieve a beneficial response. Read more...Click to read more below


Reasons Taken

110 patients in the community are taking or have taken Massage.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
General health 40 36%
Stiffness/spasticity 27 24%
Other 10 9%
Pain 6 5%
Slow my ALS progress 6 5%
Cramps 1 <1%
disease-related symptoms 1 <1%
Mobility 1 <1%
Don't know 1 <1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Massage.

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All (Show Top 10)

  0 hr day 0 day 0 hr month 0 hr none 0 hr week 1 hr month 1.5 hr month 2 hr month 2 month 0.5 hr week 1 hr week 1 other week 3 hr month 4 hr month 1 hr week 1 week 1.5 hr week 2 hr week 3 hr week 0.5 hr day 4 hr week 5 hr week
  3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 9 Number of Patients: 9 11 Number of Patients: 11 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 22 Number of Patients: 22 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Massage or how long patients were taking Massage before stopping.

Currently taking Massage

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
4
6
8
28
17

Stopped taking Massage

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
2
2
3
3
2
Why Patients Stopped Taking Massage (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Expense 8 67% Expense: 67%
Did not seem to work 2 17% Did not seem to work: 17%
Other 2 17% Other: 17%
Not indicated 1 8% Not indicated: 8%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 6 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 100% 2

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 100% 6

Top reported side-effects include: Soreness if too firm, LOOSEN MUSCLES

Summary results are based on 6 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 6)

  • silverage
    Mouth/throat: none
    Arms: moderate
    Chest: moderate
    Legs: moderate
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  • silverage
  • by silverage
    Sep 03, 2008
  • EfficacySlight
  • Side-effectsNone
  • General health

  • Bobby B
    Mouth/throat: mild
    Arms: moderate
    Chest: mild
    Legs: moderate
    See profile
  • Bobby B
  • by Bobby B
    Sep 14, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Stiffness/spasticity

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