Pilot Study on Energy Therapy or Massage to Reduce Fatigue

Treatments will be on a massage table and last up to 75 minutes. We do not specify what will occur during the massage treatments. Instead we will follow the model of relying on the professional expertise of the therapist in combination with input from the client to determine what should happen in the session. We specify that energy healing techniques not be used, because that is our research comparison condition. We also specify that conversation between the massage therapist and the patient be kept to the minimum necessary to effectively provide the treatment. This is not meant to be talk therapy.

Reiki treatments will be provided by Reiki Masters on a massage table and last up to 75 minutes. We will not specify what will occur during the Reiki treatments. Instead we will follow the model of relying on the professional expertise of the therapist in combination with input from the client to determine what should happen in the session. That being said, we will ask that two specific things be kept to a minimum. The first is that we ask that Swedish massage techniques not be used, because that is our research comparison condition. The second is that conversation between the massage therapist and the patient be kept to the minimum necessary to effectively provide the treatment. This is not meant to be talk therapy.