Linnea Hemphill
Florida Atlantic University
5 Papers
48 Citations
Linnea Hemphill is an academic researcher from Florida Atlantic University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Massage & Palliative care. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 5 publications. Previous affiliations of Linnea Hemphill include United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Papers
Massage Therapy versus Simple Touch to Improve Pain and Mood in Patients with Advanced Cancer: A Randomized Trial
Jean S. Kutner,Marlaine C. Smith,Lisa Corbin,Linnea Hemphill,Kathryn Benton,B. Karen Mellis,Brenda L. Beaty,Sue Felton,Traci E. Yamashita,Lucinda L. Bryant,Diane L. Fairclough +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the efficacy of massage for decreasing pain and symptom distress and improving quality of life among persons with advanced cancer in a multisite, randomized clinical trial.
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Massage Therapy versus Simple Touch to Improve Pain and Mood in Patients with Advanced Cancer
Jean S. Kutner,Marlaine C. Smith,Lisa Corbin,Linnea Hemphill,Kathryn Benton,B. Karen Mellis,Brenda L. Beaty,Sue Felton,Traci E. Yamashita,Lucinda L. Bryant,Diane L. Fairclough +10 more
TL;DR: In this randomized trial in 380 patients with advanced cancer, improvement in pain and mood immediately after treatment was greater with massage than with simple touch, and there were no sustained differences in pain, quality of life, or analgesic use during 3 weeks.
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Providing massage therapy for people with advanced cancer: what to expect.
TL;DR: This is the first analysis of empirical data of patient presentation, massage treatment environment, and the characteristics of massage provided for this population of people with advanced cancer.
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Developing treatment and control conditions in a clinical trial of massage therapy for advanced cancer.
TL;DR: The challenges faced by a research team in developing treatment and control conditions in a study of the efficacy of massage therapy for advanced cancer are described.
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Outcomes of therapeutic massage for hospitalized cancer patients.
TL;DR: The findings support the potential for massage as a nursing therapeutic for cancer patients receiving chemotherapy or radiation therapy and support Rogers' Science of Unitary Human Beings and Watson's theory of human caring.