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  Massage Therapy Foundation Research News:

Massage Research on Eldercare and Hospice
President Diana Thompson was recently interviewed by massagetherapyradio.com on current research related to the elderly and hospice care. Listen to the interview here.

View slideshow of the Massage Research on Eldercare and Hospice presentation here.

Read "Massage Research: Progress Puts Touch Under the Microscope" featured in the December issue of Massage Magazine.  This article was co-authored by Foundation President Diana L. Thompson and former trustee Albert Moraska, PhD.

Call for Abstracts
The Massage Therapy Foundation is now requesting abstracts for all oral and poster presentations for the 2010 Highlighting Massage Therapy in CIM Research Conference.

This conference will focus on and represent rigorous scientific research exploring massage therapy in CIM practices.

The following topics for submission are recommended: current massage and manual therapy-related research and topics with a special focus on translational research and public health.

Abstract submission deadline: October 15, 2009

Please complete the abstract template and return it via email to Alison Pittas, Research and Grant Program Manager at apittas@massagetherapyfoundation.org.

Abstracts will be peer reviewed by the Scientific Advisory Committee and abstracts selected for presentation will be notified by November 15, 2009.

Submit an Abstract

The Massage Therapy Foundation's Best Practices Committee is presenting a poster on Steps Toward Massage Therapy Guidelines: A First Report to the Profession at the upcoming North American Research Conference on Complimentary and Integrative Medicine in Minneapolis, MN, May 12-15, 2009.

2007 Practitioner Contest Gold Winner, Jennifer Zalta, BS, NCTMB, published in IJTMB. Zalta, J. Massage Therapy Protocol for Post-Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome: A Case Report. International Journal of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork. 2008; 1(2).

Massage Therapy Foundation poster presenter, Jean S. Kutner, MD, MSPH
of the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, was recently featured in HealthNewsDigest.com.  Read Therapeutic Massage Tops Touch in Relieving Cancer Pain”.

 

Other CAM Research News:

NCCAM Research Spotlight: Translating CAM Research Results Into Clinical Practice: Results From a National Survey of Physicians and CAM Providers
Published in the April 13, 2009 Archives of Internal Medicine and funded by NCCAM, a 2007 national survey asked acupuncturists, naturopaths, internists, and rheumatologists about their awareness of CAM clinical trials.
http://nccam.nih.gov/research/results/spotlight/041309.htm


NCCAM Director’s Message
NCCAM Director, Josephine Briggs, M.D. comments on the April 13 Archives of Internal Medicine publication regarding clinicians’ awareness of CAM studies and how to bridge vital information gaps.
http://nccam.nih.gov/about/offices/od/director.htm

Funding Strategy for FY 2009
NCCAM distributes its resources among many programs and mechanisms. The Center is committed to funding the largest number of meritorious projects possible, while allowing the flexibility needed to support selected program priorities and to respond to emerging scientific opportunities.
http://nccam.nih.gov/grants/strategy/2009.htm

View presentation slides and read papers from the Summit on Integrative Medicine and the Health of the Public Agenda that took place in February 2009 in Washington, DC.

NCCAM Research Spotlight:
  Massage Therapy May Ease Pain and Improve Mood in Advanced Cancer Patients.


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Updated June 12, 2009

 
 
 

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