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Completed Research Studies

• The Effect of Healing Touch on the Pain and Mobility of Persons with Osteoarthritis: A feasibility study
  Published by: Geriatric Nursing
  Published Date: July 2013
  Click here for link to abstract of pilot study

• The BraveNet prospective observational study on integrative medicine treatment approaches for pain
  Authors: D. Abrams, R. Dolor, R. Roberts, C. Pechura, J. Dusek, S. Amoils, S. Amoils, K. Barrows, J.S. Edman, J. Frye, E. Guarneri, B.Kligler, D. Monti, M. Spar and R.Q. Wolever
  Notes: Healing Touch is one of the modalities used in the BraveNet project
  Click here for link

• A Pilot Study of Healing Touch and Progressive Relaxation for Chronic Neuropathic Pain in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury
  Authors: D. Wardell, D.H. Rintala, Z. Duan and G. Tan
  Click here for Article

• A Pilot Study of a Bio-Field Therapy for Chronic Neuropathic Pain in Spinal Cord Injury
  Principal Investigator: Diane Wind Wardell, PhD, RNC, HNC, CHTP, University of Texas
  Co-Investigators: Gabriel Tan, PhD, Diana Rintala, PhD, and Zhigang Duan MD,MS
  Published Date: December 2006
  Published by: Journal of Holistic Nursing, Volume 24 Number 4, December 2006 231-240
  Click here for Abstract
  Click here for Full Article

Current Research Studies/Clinical Trials

• Healing Touch and Health-Related Quality of Life in Women With Breast Cancer Receiving Radiation Therapy
  Principal Investigator: Lisa L Schnepper, MSN, PhD (c), University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
  Start Date: January 2008
  Study Sponsor: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
  Click here for Clinical Trial Overview

Other Related Articles

• Healing Touch Augments Radiation Therapy
  Authors: Joan Engebretson DrPH, AHN-BC, RNa and Diane Wind Wardell PhD, RNC
  Published by: Originally published in Nursing Clinics of North America, Volume 42, Issue 2, June 2007, Pages 243-259
  Click here for Abstract