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| Study | Massage modality | Massage procedure | Intervention instructor | Timing of intervention | Intervention duration | Frequency | Follow-up |
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| S1: [33] | Reflexology therapy | Pressing the major reflexive points of the soles with the thumb and index finger in a worm-like movement | NR | After chemotherapy | 4 weeks | Twice per week, 20 min per session | No |
| S2: [29] | Chinese massage therapy | (1) Massaging the patient’s Zusanli, Yongquan, Neiguan, Guanyuan, Baihui, Shenmen, and temple points
(2) Massaging and beating of acupuncture point on the affected side of the patient’s affected limb that had limited mobility | Specialist nurses | After surgery | 3 months | Twice per week, around 30 min per session | No |
| S3: [25] | Swedish massage therapy | SMT techniques using effleurage kneading of underlying muscles and tapotement
(1) Patient takes a prone position while the therapist performs massage from the shoulders to the feet
(2) Patient turns to a supine position and the massage therapist continues with the intervention from the feet to the shoulders, and then the head | Licensed massage therapists | After primary treatment | 6 weeks | Weekly, 45 min per session | No |
| S4: [27] | Reflexology therapy | (1) Performing primary relaxation techniques (effleurage, shaking, rotation, and stretching) on both feet
(2) Performing reflexology techniques on all organ systems | Trained researcher | During chemotherapy | Three sessions (one in each chemotherapy cycle, 21 days) | Around 30–40 min each session | No |
| S5: [32] | Reflexology therapy | Performing nine reflexes on the foot with thumb-walking pressure | Trained caregivers | During chemotherapy, targeted, or hormonal therapy | 4 weeks | Weekly, 30 min per session | 11 weeks |
| S6: [22] | Myofascial massage | Performing pressure, stroke, ear pull, and frontalis bone spread skills on the neck-shoulder area with the Barnes approach | Physical therapist | After coadjuvant treatment except hormone therapy | NR | Two occasions separated by a 2-week interval, 40 min per session | No |
| S7: [31] | Reflexology therapy | Stimulating the nine essential reflexes specifically relating to breast cancer using reflexology (deep thumb-walking pressure) | Certified reflexologists | During chemotherapy | 4 weeks | Weekly, 30 min per session | No |
| S8: [26] | Modified Swedish massage therapy | Applying strokes, including light moving touch, compression, and static holds technique | Licensed massage therapists | During radiation therapy | 3 weeks | Weekly, 30 min per session | No |
| S9: [23] | Swedish massage therapy | Applying stroking, friction, kneading skills to the patients in a prone position.
Muscles for massage: compendiously neck muscles, autochthonal back muscles, scapulae, trapezii, latissimi dorsi, supraspinati, teres majores, pectorales majores, and so on | Licensed, trained female massage therapist | After primary treatment | 5 weeks | Twice a week, 30 min per session | 11 weeks |
| S10: [24] | Swedish massage therapy | Same as [24] | Licensed, trained female massage therapist | After chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy | 5 weeks | Twice a week, 30 min per session | 11 weeks |
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