Massage Therapy Provides improved immune function to HIV Adolescents

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HIV positive adolescents recruited from a large urban university hospital’s outpatient clinic were randomly assigned to receive massage therapy or progressive muscle relaxation two-times per week for 12 weeks.

To assess treatment effects, participants were assessed for depression, anxiety and immune changes before and after treatment. Adolescents who received massage therapy versus those who experienced relaxation therapy reported feeling less anxious and they were less depressed and showed enhanced immune function by the end of the 12-week study.

Immune changes included increased Natural Killer cell number. In addition, the HIV disease progression markers CD4/CD8 ratio and CD4 number showed an increase for the massage therapy group only.

Following three months treatment, the HIV positive adolescents who received massage therapy reported feeling less depressed than the adolescents who participated in progressive muscle relaxation sessions. In addition, the adolescents in the massage therapy group showed improved immune function supporting previous research on decreased depression and improved immune function following massage therapy.