Announcing the International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork: Research, Education, & Practice

The Massage Therapy Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of our new electronic journal, the International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork: Research, Education, & Practice (IJTMB).

The IJTMB is the first peer-reviewed scientific journal for the therapeutic massage and bodywork profession, and it will be available free of charge.  It is an indispensable tool for members of the massage and bodywork profession as well as for related health care professionals.

The IJTMB takes an open access approach to scholarly publishing, allowing the reader to access articles online. This approach allows for the dissemination of scientific findings not only to professionals in the massage and bodywork field but also to colleagues in related disciplines and professions.

Currently, there are three principal sections planned for the IJTMB:

• Research – An opportunity for the dissemination of original quantitative, qualitative, and integrative research papers.
• Education – A forum for massage and bodywork educators on topics such as curriculum development, instructional design/delivery, instructional technology, distance learning, and testing/evaluative procedures.
• Practice – A venue for practitioners to stay up-to-date on issues such as planning, marketing, managing and evaluating a successful practice; incorporation of new scientific findings and methods into clinical practice; new clinical approaches to prevention and treatment of specific health conditions; and ethical issues.

The IJTMB will be published quarterly with an expected first-issue launch date in the summer of 2008.  It will be available at http://journals.sfu.ca/ijtmb/
 

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