5 articles in this issue
Ann Blair Kennedy, LMT, BCTMB, DrPH
This interview introduces the Journal’s readers to a new massage therapy researcher, Danielle Gentile, PhD, who is a Health Services Researcher and Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Depart-ment of Supportive Oncology at the Levine Cancer Institute fo... see more
Various Authors
Diane Mastnardo, BS, LMT, Jeanmarie C. Rose, MPA, Jacqueline Dolata, MBA, James J. Werner, PhD, MSSA
Background: Communication between massage therapy patients and their medical providers has not been widely described, especially with respect to health care in the United States. Purpose: To examine which type of medical providers recommend massage therap... see more
Tahereh Bahrami, MScN, Nahid Rejeh, PhD, MScN, BScN, Majideh Heravi-Karimooi, PhD, MScN, BScN, Seyed Davood Tadrisi, MScN, Mojtaba Vaismoradi, PhD, MScN, BScN
Background: Patients with cardiovascular diseases usually suffer from hospital anxiety and depression. Aim: This study aimed to investigate the effect of foot reflexology massage on anxiety and depression in female older adults suffering from acute corona... see more
Timothy Clark, MCounsPsychthrpy, DipRemMassage
Background: Psychotherapy and massage therapy (MT) are effective treatments for depression and anxiety. Little is certain about the mechanisms behind these effects in MT, but in psychotherapy they are attributed to a combination of common and specific fac... see more