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Thai traditional massage: Issues causing possible adverse effects
Thai traditional massage is a widely used massage technique in Thailand and is presently accepted by local Thai Ministry of Public Health. The technique is promoted but not well accepted internationally. There is a concern about the effectiveness as well as safety of this local wisdom. After a recen...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4728864/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26865746 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0257-7941.171677 |
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description | Thai traditional massage is a widely used massage technique in Thailand and is presently accepted by local Thai Ministry of Public Health. The technique is promoted but not well accepted internationally. There is a concern about the effectiveness as well as safety of this local wisdom. After a recent episode of concurrent acute heart attack and Thai traditional massage in a patient, the issue of possible adverse effects of Thai traditional massage is being widely discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-47288642016-02-10 Thai traditional massage: Issues causing possible adverse effects Wiwanitkit, Viroj Anc Sci Life Review Article Thai traditional massage is a widely used massage technique in Thailand and is presently accepted by local Thai Ministry of Public Health. The technique is promoted but not well accepted internationally. There is a concern about the effectiveness as well as safety of this local wisdom. After a recent episode of concurrent acute heart attack and Thai traditional massage in a patient, the issue of possible adverse effects of Thai traditional massage is being widely discussed. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4728864/ /pubmed/26865746 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0257-7941.171677 Text en Copyright: © Ancient Science of Life http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
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title | Thai traditional massage: Issues causing possible adverse effects |
title_full | Thai traditional massage: Issues causing possible adverse effects |
title_fullStr | Thai traditional massage: Issues causing possible adverse effects |
title_full_unstemmed | Thai traditional massage: Issues causing possible adverse effects |
title_short | Thai traditional massage: Issues causing possible adverse effects |
title_sort | thai traditional massage: issues causing possible adverse effects |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4728864/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26865746 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0257-7941.171677 |
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