From NCCAM:
Massage Therapy As an Option in Supportive Care
Funding Opportunity – Holistic Health Research
Foundation of Canada
The Holistic Health Research Foundation of Canada
has established a designated Massage Therapy Research
Fund (MTRF) to further high-caliber research in massage
therapy. The purpose of the MTRF is to fund high
quality research that investigates the efficacy and
clinical effectiveness of massage therapy and that
contributes to a better understanding of how massage
therapy achieves its effects. A secondary goal is to
increase research knowledge and capacity among massage
therapists through their engagement in research
practices at all levels.
The deadline for the next competition cycle is
Thursday, September 30th, 2010 at 5 pm EDT. For
more information, please visit:
http://www.holistichealthresearch.ca/massagefund.gk
Call for Experts and
Lecturers - The Jerusalem International Conference on
Integrative Medicine
If you are interested in submitting an abstract,
please email desk@mediconvention.com.
For more information on this conference, please visit
www.mediconvention.com
Massage
Therapy Foundation Advisory Council Member Janet Kahn,
PhD
recently appointed to NCCAM Advisory Council
Read more here:
http://nccam.nih.gov/news/2010/020510.htm
Daniel C. Cherkin, PhD
Awarded
the Ashley Montagu Award
"Every other year, the Canadian Touch
Research Centre bestows the Ashley Montagu award to a
recipient who, by its excellence and devotion, has
exceptionally contributed to the world wide recognition
of touch", points out Dr Réal Gaboriault Ph.D., Director
of the Canadian Touch Research Center. ‘’Dr. Cherkin,
researcher at the renowned Group Health Center for
Health Studies, in Seattle (WA), has demonstrated the
efficacy of massage therapy in back pain research and
conducts research in prevention; he is a source of
inspiration in the massage therapy research field and
highlights the importance of touch in our world."
concluded Dr Gaboriault.
Dr. Cherkin was a keynote presenter at the
2010 Highlighting
Massage Therapy in CIM Research Conference.
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.
"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.
The Massage Therapy Foundation's Best Practices
Committee:
Steps Toward Massage Therapy Guidelines: A First Report
to the Profession
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”.
Recipients of the First Annual Canadian CAM Research
Fund Grant Competition (2009)
The
Canadian CAM Research Fund was established in 2009
through a partnership between the Holistic Health
Research Foundation of Canada and IN-CAM. The primary
goal of the Canadian CAM Research Fund is to increase
and enhance CAM research capacity in Canada. We are very
pleased to announce the recipients of the first annual
competition:
1. Martin Descarreaux DC, PhD, Université du Québec à
Trois-Rivières
Project title: Neuromechancial effect of spinal
manipulation and its relation to clinical outcomes: a
control study
2. Robert Gilbert PhD, School of Health Sciences,
Dalhousie University
Project Title: The effects of therapeutic massage on
benzodiazepine utilization in persons attempting to
withdraw from alcohol dependency.
3. Kate Sauks, PhD Candidate, Department of Surgery,
University of Toronto
Project Title: Biomechanic and cellular changes
within the rat gastrocnemius muscle and calcaneal tendon
post tenotomy: Do Traumeel injections make a difference?
4. Dugald Seely ND, MSc, Canadian College of
Naturopathic Medicine
Project title: An assessment of the ability of ionic
foot bath (IonCleanse) to remove heavy metals through
the feet and its potential impact on body burden of
heavy metals.
For more information, please visit: http://www.incamresearch.ca/index.php?id=22,314,0,0,1,0
Application deadlines for the 2010 competition will be
announced in October 2010.
Study shows family caregivers, simple touch techniques
reduce symptoms in cancer patients.
Read press release.
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
Updated August 30, 2010
