MEDICAL MASSAGE RESEARCH: JAPANESE MASSAGE STUDY FINDS CHANGES IN GENE EXPRESSION

THE REFERENCED STUDY: Donoyama, N., Ohkoshi, N. Effects of Traditional Japanese Massage Therapy on Gene Expression: Preliminary Study. J Alt Comp Med 2011;17:553-555 KEY POINTS: Some studies have shown elevations in secretory immunoglobulin A, and in the number and activity of natural killer cells following massage, suggesting that massage has the effect of enhancing immune [...]