Effect of laying on of hands as a complementary therapy for pain and functioning in older women with knee osteoarthritis: A randomized controlled clinical trial.

Katy Andrade Monteiro ZacaronCláudia Soares Dos SantosCyntia Pace Schmitz CorrêaYuri Cotta E SilvaIsabel Cristina Fonseca ReisMaryana Sant'Ana SimõesGiancarlo Lucchetti

Published in: International journal of rheumatic diseases (2020)

Our results suggest that LooH with a "spiritual component" may promote better long-term functional outcomes than both LooH without a "spiritual component" and a control group without LooH.

Keyphrases

knee osteoarthritis
advanced cancer
chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
palliative care
heat stress