Massage Therapy

This book aims to present, in a single volume, the best of modern massage research.While research indicates that 1 in 3 Americans use alternative health care modalities, little research has been completed and disseminated in the area of massage therapy. This volume will present about ten chapters in areas of research probably including studies of massage for: stress (post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, depression, abuse), spinal cord injuries, enhancing growth (pregnancy and infancy), pain reduction (rheumatoid arthritis, back pain, migraine, and fibromyalgia), pediatrics, the elderly, increasing employee satisfaction (chair massage), enhancing cognition (alertness, autism), and/or immunity (HIV, cancer).The first text to provide the evidence which the profession is looking for to support its practice - BRINGS IT ALL TOGETHER IN ONE BOOK.Editorial comment will show the relevance of the research evidence to the day to day work of the practitionerBrings together material which at the moment is not readily available to the non-academic therapistUp to date and credible- the latest and most important findings by the key namesCommon structure to all chapters will make it easier for the reader not used to reading research to follow.Readable, reliable, referenced.

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Grant Jewell Rich, L.M.T., N.C.T.M.B., is 2nd vice president of the Ohio chapter of the American Massage Therapy Association and chair of the editorial advisory board of the Massage Therapy Journal, a national quarterly with a circulation of over 60,000. Grant is currently visiting faculty in psychology atOhio State University Mansfield and he has served on the faculties of Antioch College and Columbus State Community College as well. Grant received a B.A.in English from Oberlin College, and a M.A. in psychology from the University of Chicago, where he is a Ph.D. candidate. At Chicago, he received the four-year tuition and stipend University Fellowship and the Bernice Neugarten Award for Dissertation-related research. He has taught numerous courses, including research methods, social psychology, abnormal psychology, and human development. At Chicago, he worked with best-selling author Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, co-authoring work on flow and peak experience, and conducting interviews with eminent creators for Csikszentmihalyi's 1996 book, Creativity, which became a Quality Paperback Book club Top 10 Best Seller. Grant has given talks and presentations at many national conferences, including the American Anthropological Association, the American Education Research Association, the Pacific Sociological Association, the American Psychological Society, the Society for Research on Child Development, and the Society for Research on Adolescence. He has served as a reviewer for Cambridge University Press, Creativity Research Journal, Journal of Research on Adolescence, Corwin Press, Journal of Marriage and the Family, National Council on Family Relations, Massage Therapy Journal and other journals and organizations. He has served on the boards of several social service organizations including the National Hallof Fame for People with Disabilities and Mentorship Columbus. He serves on the editorial board of the American Anthropological Association's Anthropologyof Consciousness, and is guest editing of special issue of this journal on the "body and consciousness." He has written for numerous publications including Psychology Today, Massage, Massage Therapy Journal, Keyboard, Anthropologyand Education Quarterly, Anthropology of Consciousness, Family Relations, Creativity Research Journal, Skeptical Inquirer, Antioch Review, and Anthropology and Medicine. He has served on the AMTA Foundation research proposal review committee.

Klappentext

The first text of its kind to provide evidence-based research on massage therapy. This much-needed volume presents massage-related research on: stress (post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, depression, abuse), spinal cord injuries, enhancing growth (pregnancy and infancy), pain reduction (rheumatoid arthritis, back pain, migraine, and fibromyalgia), pediatrics, the elderly, increasing emplyee satisfaction (chair massage), enhancing cognition (alertness, autism), and immunity (HIV, cancer).

Zusammenfassung
"One of the few books that documents recent research findings, this is most definitely a must have... The great thing about this book is it s accessibility. It is well organized, easy to read and clearly covers methodological challenges as well as documenting research studies ." Sandrine Dodson, The international Journal of Aromatherapy, Vol 12 No 2, June 2002

Journal of Bodywork and Movemnet Therapies, Leon Chaitow, January 2004
"The fact that results are as good as those emerging from the evidence presented in this book suggests that if a higher standard of training existed, worldwide, results would be even more impressive. The book is well organized, and works to the strengths of massage with the text divided into logical sections."

Inhalt

SECTION 1: METHODS AND MASSAGE. Introduction. Evidence-based massage therapy: a contradiction in terms? Methodological issues in the design and conduct of massage therapy research.
SECTION 2: MASSAGE RESEARCH ON VARIOUS CONDITIONS. Introduction. Massage therapy for immune disorders. The effect of massage therapy on self-reported anxiety, depressive mood and pain in ovarian cancer patients: a pilot study. An economic evaluation of massage therapy in controlling chemotherapy-induced emesis in women undergoing treatment for breast or ovarian cancer. Massage as a modality to improve health following spinal cord injury.
SECTION 3: MASSAGE ACROSS THE LIFE-SPAN. Introduction. Supplemental tactile and kinesthetic stimulation for preterm infants. Hand massage in the agitated elderly.
SECTION 4: MASSAGE AND THE WORKPLACE. Introduction. Employee outcomes following work-site acupressure and massage.
Index