Research Tools

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Research tools are intended to help massage and bodywork practitioners navigate and understand research

Podcasts

  • Research Perch – Official podcast of the Massage Therapy Foundation.
  • Massage Therapy Now – Podcast from the Registered Massage Therapists’ of British Columbia (RMTBC)

Free Webinars

  • Basics of Research Literacy
  • MTF Webinars
    • Massage & Pain
    • Reviewing and Submitting to a Journal
    • MTF Case Report Contests
    • Ergonomics Project: From White Paper to Practice
    • Hospital-Based Massage
  • MTF & AMTA Courses: IMTRC 2019 Speakers
    • Addressing the Opioid Epidemic with Massage Therapy
    • Anxiety Disorders and Massage Therapy
    • Arthritis and Massage Therapy
    • Breast Cancer and Massage Therapy
    • Health & Wellness: The Role of Integrative Therapies
    • Low Back Pain and Massage
  • MTF & NCBTMB Webinar Series
    • Part I: Why Research?
    • Part II: What is Research?
    • Part III: How to Find Quality Resources
    • Part IV: Case Reports
    • Part V: Massage Therapy for Pain Management
    • Part VI: Massage for Recovery: Lymphatic Massage
    • Part VII: Sports Massage
  • Writing Case Reports: Free 5-Part Webinar Series

Research Article Databases

Meta-Analysis on Massage Therapy and Pain Database

The Massage Therapy Foundation, Samueli Institute, and the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) have partnered on a collaborative project for a meta-analysis of massage therapy for pain. The results of this collaboration were published in a three-part series in a peer-reviewed journal.

The state-of-the-art, comprehensive database houses data from the 99 randomized controlled trials included in a systematic review and meta-analysis that investigated the impact of massage therapy on function in three types of pain populations: 1) populations who would typically visit their general healthcare practitioner with complaints of pain; 2) patients undergoing or recovering from surgical/operative procedures and 3) cancer patients.

Case Report Resources

MTF Case Report Hub

Government Agencies funding Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research

Organizations


Publications


Research Columns & Newsletters


Links to Research and Professional Resources

Research Literature Syntheses

Two MTF-commissioned literature syntheses have now been published; one on massage for stress and the other on sports massage. Each is a comprehensive review of the literature on their respective subject areas.