CareLit Fachartikel
Massage and touch-based therapy
Kopf, D. · Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2021 · Heft 11 · S. 753 bis 758
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IntroductionTouch-based treatment is one of the oldest types of therapeutic intervention. It is documented in virtually all ancient cultures, ranging from ancient China, Japan, Persia, Egypt to Greece and the Roman culture [13]. Unlike other ways of medical treatment, such as pharmacological or surgical approaches, touch-based treatment is not limited by the availability of pharmaceutical products or surgical instruments, making it easily and broadly available. This may in part explain why touch-based treatments have frequently been developed outside or independent of the boundaries of the medical profession and…
Schlagworte
Massage
Berührung
Therapie
geriatrische Psychiatrie
C-Fasern
affektiver Kontakt
klinische Studien
Demenz
Lebensqualität
Schmerz
soziale Berührung
psychische Symptome
Touch
Geriatric Psychiatry
Dementia
Pain
