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Library · References
Every claim, cited.
Every study cited anywhere on this site, collected in one place. The working rules: no claim appears on the site without its citation on this page, and no citation appears here that has not been resolved to the correct paper. Future articles add their sources here as they publish.
Approach: dose, frequency & recovery
- Sherman KJ, Cook AJ, Wellman RD, Hawkes RJ, Kahn JR, Deyo RA, Cherkin DC. Five-week outcomes from a dosing trial of therapeutic massage for chronic neck pain. Ann Fam Med. 2014;12(2):112-120. doi:10.1370/afm.1602 · PMID 24615306
- Cook AJ, Wellman RD, Cherkin DC, Kahn JR, Sherman KJ. Randomized clinical trial assessing whether additional massage treatments for chronic neck pain improve 12- and 26-week outcomes. Spine J. 2015;15(10):2206-2215. doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2015.06.049 · PMID 26096474
- Moyer CA, Rounds J, Hannum JW. A meta-analysis of massage therapy research. Psychol Bull. 2004;130(1):3-18. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.130.1.3 · PMID 14717648
- Moyer CA, Seefeldt L, Mann ES, Jackley LM. Does massage therapy reduce cortisol? A comprehensive quantitative review. J Bodyw Mov Ther. 2011;15(1):3-14. doi:10.1016/j.jbmt.2010.06.001 · PMID 21147413 The citation behind our refusal to make hormone claims.
- Guo J, Li L, Gong Y, Zhu R, Xu J, Zou J, Chen X. Massage alleviates delayed onset muscle soreness after strenuous exercise: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Front Physiol. 2017;8:747. doi:10.3389/fphys.2017.00747 · PMID 29021762
- Davis HL, Alabed S, Chico TJA. Effect of sports massage on performance and recovery: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med. 2020;6(1):e000614. doi:10.1136/bmjsem-2019-000614 · PMID 32426150 TO CONFIRM (Pete & Rafya): this BMJ sports-massage review is the intended "Davis 2020" source
Surgical scar massage
- Barnes SP, Ma Y, Patel B, Muthayya P. Efficacy of massage techniques for hypertrophic burn scars, a systematic review of literature. J Burn Care Res. 2024;45(2):356-365. doi:10.1093/jbcr/irad140 · PMID 37698247
- Lin TR, Chou FH, Wang HH, Wang RH. Effects of scar massage on burn scars: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Clin Nurs. 2023;32(13-14):3144-3154. doi:10.1111/jocn.16420 · PMID 35758338
- Nedelec B, Couture MA, Calva V, Poulin C, Chouinard A, et al. Randomized controlled trial of the immediate and long-term effect of massage on adult postburn scar. Burns. 2019;45(1):128-139. doi:10.1016/j.burns.2018.08.018 · PMID 30626496 The adult RCT behind our refusal to promise structural scar change.
- Scott HC, Stockdale C, Robinson A, Robinson LS, Brown T. Is massage an effective intervention in the management of post-operative scarring? A scoping review. J Hand Ther. 2022;35(2):186-199. doi:10.1016/j.jht.2022.01.004 · PMID 35227556
- Scott HC, Robinson LS, Brown T. Scar massage as an intervention for post-surgical scars: a practice survey of Australian hand therapists. Hand Ther. 2023;29(1):21-29. doi:10.1177/17589983231205666 · PMID 38434186 Documents practice patterns in hand therapy; not cited for efficacy.