Practice-based randomized controlled-comparison clinical trial of chiropractic adjustments and brief massage treatment at sites of subluxation in subjects with essential hypertension: Pilot study

Spinal Manipulation for the Treatment of Hypertension: A Systematic Qualitative Literature Review

“…Plaugher et al 48 suggest that the renin-angiotensinaldosterone system regulates sodium balance and, thus, fluid volume and, ultimately, arterial pressure. Angiotensin, a vasoconstrictor agent, stimulates aldosterone secretion.…”

Effects of Massage on Blood Pressure in Patients With Hypertension and Prehypertension

“…The total exposure over the study period was 20 to 300 minutes. Five studies involved using Swedish massage therapy, 12,13,15,17,18 1 study involved therapeutic chair massage therapy, 16 1 study used light-touch and stroking-type massage, 19 and 2 studies were unclear about the massage type. 14,20 The areas massaged were categorized as the whole body, the head, the neck, and back area (including the face, neck, shoulders, upper chest, and back).…”

Lifestyle interventions to reduce raised blood pressure: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

“…One trial was excluded after consultation with clinical experts as it was a trial of primary prevention in which participants had a mean baseline blood pressure of 127/85 mmHg [154]. Eight trials of unusual interventions: paranormal healing [146], diverse manipulations of intake of electrolytes [147][148][149], health beliefs [150], chiropractice [151], guava [152,153], were excluded from meta-analyses as they could not reasonably be combined with other trials. A further 21 trials were excluded because of missing data (standard deviations or numbers of participants randomized).…”