Top 10 Open Access Papers for Massage Therapists

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Here is a list of open access papers to help bridge the gap between research and the clinical application of massage therapy.

Top 10 Open Access Papers for Massage Therapists

The global health burden associated with musculoskeletal conditions continues to increase in both developing and developed countries. This is why my latest project has been to put together a series of resources that will help support the professional growth of massage therapists around the world.

After 10+ years of reading massage therapy research here is a list of open access papers to help bridge the gap between research and the clinical application of massage therapy.

  • Bialosky, J. E., Cleland, J. A., Mintken, P., Beneciuk, J. M., & Bishop, M. D. (2022). The healthcare buffet: preferences in the clinical decision-making process for patients with musculoskeletal pain. The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy, 30(2), 68–77. https://doi.org/10.1080/10669817.2021.1989754

  • Dowell, D., Ragan, K. R., Jones, C. M., Baldwin, G. T., & Chou, R. (2022). CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain - United States, 2022. MMWR. Recommendations and reports: Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports, 71(3), 1–95. https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.rr7103a1

  • Hartvigsen, J., Kamper, S. J., & French, S. D. (2022). Low-value care in musculoskeletal health care: Is there a way forward?. Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain, 22 Suppl 2(Suppl 2), 65–70. https://doi.org/10.1111/papr.13142

  • Hutting, N., Caneiro, J. P., Ong'wen, O. M., Miciak, M., & Roberts, L. (2022). Person-centered care for musculoskeletal pain: Putting principles into practice. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 102663. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2022.102663

  • Kerns, R. D., Burgess, D. J., Coleman, B. C., Cook, C. E., Farrokhi, S., Fritz, J. M., Goertz, C., Heapy, A., Lisi, A. J., Rhon, D. I., & Vining, R. (2022). Chronic Pain Self-Management: Psychologically Guided Core Competencies for Providers. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), pnac083. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnac083

  • Kim, J., Esteves, J. E., Cerritelli, F., & Friston, K. (2022). An Active Inference Account of Touch and Verbal Communication in Therapy. Frontiers in psychology, 13, 828952. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.828952

  • Lebert, R., Noy, M., Purves, E., & Tibbett, J. (2022). Massage Therapy: A Person-Centred Approach to Chronic Pain. International journal of therapeutic massage & bodywork, 15(3), 27–34. https://doi.org/10.3822/ijtmb.v15i3.713

  • Lin, I., Wiles, L., Waller, R., Goucke, R., Nagree, Y., Gibberd, M., Straker, L., Maher, C. G., & O'Sullivan, P. (2020). What does best practice care for musculoskeletal pain look like? Eleven consistent recommendations from high-quality clinical practice guidelines: systematic review. British journal of sports medicine, 54(2), 79–86. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2018-099878

  • Mao, J. J., Ismaila, N., Bao, T., Barton, D., Ben-Arye, E., Garland, E. L., Greenlee, H., Leblanc, T., Lee, R. T., Lopez, A. M., Loprinzi, C., Lyman, G. H., MacLeod, J., Master, V. A., Ramchandran, K., Wagner, L. I., Walker, E. M., Bruner, D. W., Witt, C. M., & Bruera, E. (2022). Integrative Medicine for Pain Management in Oncology: Society for Integrative Oncology-ASCO Guideline. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, JCO2201357. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.22.01357

  • McParlin, Z., Cerritelli, F., Rossettini, G., Friston, K. J., & Esteves, J. E. (2022). Therapeutic Alliance as Active Inference: The Role of Therapeutic Touch and Biobehavioural Synchrony in Musculoskeletal Care. Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 16, 897247. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.897247