Efficacy of Massage for the Treatment of Cancer-Related Fatigue (CRF) in Prostate Cancer Survivors

"The therapist uses non-aromatic massage oil to facilitate making long, smooth strokes over the body. Swedish massage is done with the subject covered by a sheet, a technique called draping. One part of the body is uncovered, massaged, and then covered up before moving onto another part of the body. Primary techniques used in the research protocol therapy are: effleurage, petrissage, tapotement. These will be administered according to a very specific, standardized protocol. The total session time will be 45 minutes."

The light-touch research intervention is based on the concept that there will be a noticeable effect with regard to massage when compared to light-touch alone without the massage. The protocol followed will be the same as the massage protocol other than that the therapist will use light-touch only. The total session time will be 45 minutes.