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Massage therapy reduces arterial puncture-induced pain: the randomized cross-over bi-center TORREA study

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The CHU d’Angers was the sponsor of the study.

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  1. Département Anesthésie Réanimation, UBL Université d’Angers, CHU Angers, 4 rue Larrey, 49933, Angers Cedex 9, France

    Sigismond Lasocki, Régine Moncho, Xavier Verger & Soizic Gergaud

  2. Département Anesthésie Réanimation, Université de Tours, CHU de Tours, Tours, France

    Julien Bontemps, Anne-Charlotte Tellier & Martine Ferrandière

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Lasocki, S., Moncho, R., Bontemps, J. et al. Massage therapy reduces arterial puncture-induced pain: the randomized cross-over bi-center TORREA study. Intensive Care Med 46, 138–139 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-019-05838-0

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