Atopic dermatitis symptoms decreased in children following massage therapy

This is a critical abstract of an economic evaluation that meets the criteria for inclusion on NHS EED. Each abstract contains a brief summary of the methods, the results and conclusions followed by a detailed critical assessment on the reliability of the study and the conclusions drawn. Overall the results of this study suggest that parents benefit from giving their children massage and children who receive massage therapy show an improvement in their AD condition. It is a very cost-effective adjunct therapy since the massage and instruction are given once by the therapist at a cost of $30.