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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.
Conferences of
Interest - Click to View
Available Grants - Click
to View
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