Applied Nursing Research
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 59-64 , May 2010

A randomized trial of rocking-chair motion on the effect of postoperative ileus duration in patients with cancer recovering from abdominal surgery

  • Robert L. Massey, PhD, RN, NEA - BC

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Received 2 November 2007 ,Revised 27 May 2008 ,Accepted 5 June 2008.

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PII: S0897-1897(08)00049-9

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2008.06.001

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 59-64 , May 2010

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