%0 Journal Article
%T Martial arts intervention decreases pain scores in children with malignancy
%A Amanda C Bluth
%A Cindy Cohen
%A Elimelech Goldberg
%A Martin H Bluth
%A Ronald Thomas
%J Archive of "Pediatric Health, Medicine and Therapeutics".
%D 2016
%R 10.2147/PHMT.S104021
%X Martial arts intervention in disease has been mostly limited to adult inflammatory, musculoskeletal, or motor diseases, where a mechanical intervention effects positive change. However, the application and benefit to pain management in childhood malignancy are not well described. Here, we assess the effects of defined martial arts intervention in children with cancer with respect to their pain perception and management
%K martial arts
%K karate
%K cancer
%K pain
%K intervention
%K therapy
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5683288/