The Massage Research Agenda Workgroup was convened by the Massage Therapy Foundation March 25-28, 1999 on Seabrook Island, South Carolina.

Overview
Outcomes Document
Methodologies Document - Methodological Issues in Investigations of Massage/Bodywork Therapy by Claire M. Cassidy, PhD

SPONSORS

American Massage Therapy Association
Allianz Life Insurance Company
Interstate National Corporation
Albert H. Wohlers & Company

PARTICIPANTS

The following individuals participated in the Massage Research Agenda Workgroup:

Researchers:
Alan Best, PhD, Senior Scientist, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Hospital and Health Science Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Leon Chaitow, D.O., (In Absentia). Senior Lecturer, University of Westminster, London, England

Dan Cherkin, PhD, Senior Scientific Investigator, Group Health Center for Health Studies, Seattle, Washington

David Eisenberg, M.D., Director, Center for Alternative Medicine Research and Education, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Robert L. Kahn, PhD (In Absentia), Research Scientist, Institute for Social Research, Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Brian Marcotte, PhD, (Massage Therapy Foundation Trustee), CEO and Director, Strategic Analysis, Inc., Providence, Rhode Island

James Oschman, PhD, President, Nature’s Own Research Association, Dover, New Hampshire

Candace Pert, PhD, Research Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

Massage Therapists:
Doug Alexander, Founding and Current Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Soft Tissue Manipulation, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Judith Aston, Founder and Director, Aston-Patterning, Incline Village, Nevada

Debra Curties, Executive Director, Sutherland-Chan School and Teaching Clinic, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Deane Juhan, Instructor, Trager Institute, Mill Valley, California

George Kousaleos, (past Massage Therapy Foundation Trustee,) Founder and Director, CORE Institute, Tallahassee, Florida

Carole Osborne-Sheets, Licensed Holistic Health Practitioner, Co-Founder and Instructor, International Professional School of Bodywork, San Diego, California

Lawrence E. Warnock, PhD, Executive Director and Owner, The Center for Health and Athletic Performance, Inc. and The Student-Athlete Educational Foundation, Reading, Massachusetts

Organization Representatives:
Janet Kahn, PhD, Foundation Past President, researcher, massage therapist

E. Houston LeBrun, Past President AMTA, massage therapist, Private Practice, Seattle, Washington

Martha Brown Menard, PhD, Foundation Past Vice President, researcher, massage therapist

Gini S. Ohlson, Foundation Director of Development and Foundation Manager

Deborah Worrad, CAE, Registrar, College of Massage Therapists of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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