Effects of Massage Therapy on Peripheral Neuropathy and Quality of Life

Massage therapy was performed with a classical massage technique using effleurage, petrissage, and superficial friction techniques for a total of 40 minutes on the areas below the elbow-forearm-hand (20 minutes), and below the knee-lower leg-foot (20 minutes). The patients in the massage group received 16 sessions of classical massage performed by the research nurse, who had classical massage training and certification.