240
Participants
Start Date
April 15, 2013
Primary Completion Date
June 30, 2017
Study Completion Date
July 31, 2017
Multisensory environment (MSE)
Participants are staying in multisensory environment (MSE only) for 30 minutes in each session, and twice per week for 10 weeks. An enabler stays with the participant throughout the session.
Massage therapy (MT)
A trained massage therapist provides 15 minutes massage therapy (MT) to the participants, twice a week for 10 weeks. The massage therapist acts as an enabler.
Control group
Usual residential care will be given to these participants. Only attention and social interactions from the enabler will be provided.
Massage therapy in multisensory environment (MT-MSE)
Participants receive 15 minutes massage therapy while staying in multisensory environment for 30 minutes, twice a week for 10 weeks.
Siu Lam Hospital, Tuenmen
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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