BACKGROUND Massage and touch have been suggested as a non-pharmacological alternative or supplement to other treatments offered in order to reduce or manage a range of conditions associated with dementia such as anxiety, agitated behaviour and depression. It has also been suggested that massage and touch may counteract cognitive decline. OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of a range of massage ...

There is little doubt that cervical artery dissection causing stroke is associated with major trauma. 1 Willis et al 2 described several cases of unstable cervical fractures through the transverse foramina, among which 46% had associated asymptomatic vertebral artery dissection. Dissection is quite probably asymptomatic in many unrecognized posttraumatic cases. Indeed, many patients in the seri...

BACKGROUND The new frontier of research in all areas that deal with health and wellness (medicine, psychotherapy, personal care in general) sees the increase of projects in which the individual is center-placed, as a whole, in a holistic view. The mind and the body are inseparable, as in a circularity and recursivity unique for each individual (Spurio, M.G., 2015). The results of the most innov...

This issue of the IJTMB brings a spectrum of research to readers. In the Research Section, you will find a listing of the abstracts of research project posters presented at the recent American Massage Therapy Association 2014 National Convention. These abstracts were peer-reviewed by a committee of Massage Therapy Foundation volunteers. The nine posters cover topics from case reports for severa...

Abstracts from the 2015 Research Poster Session at the American Massage Therapy Association Annual Conventions from the 2015 Research Poster Session at the American Massage Therapy Association Annual Convention a case sTudy uTilizing MyOfascial release, acupressure, and Trigger-pOinT Therapy TO TreaT bilaTeral “sTringhalT” in a 12-year-Old akhal-Teke hOrse Tammy Brockman, MS, ATC/L, LMT, CLT, S...

Background In patients with fibromyalgia, the physiotherapist is essential in treatment. He will act throughout patient’s rehabilitation process, from application of initial assessment instruments to full recovery. Objectives Check performance and benefits physiotherapy resources current scientific literature for fibromyalgia. Methods A review was carried out databases Scientific Electronic Lib...

BACKGROUND Many women would like to avoid pharmacological or invasive methods of pain management in labour, and this may contribute towards the popularity of complementary methods of pain management. This review examined the evidence currently available on manual methods, including massage and reflexology, for pain management in labour. This review is an update of the review first published in ...

Objective: Our pilot study showed that 5-HT1A receptor mainly contributed to DM-induced serotonin syndrome in mice. Earlier reports suggested that 5-HT1A receptor can activate protein kinase C (PKC) in vitro. In the present study, we investigated whether the up-regulation of 5-HT1A receptor induced by DM requires specific induction of PKC isoform. Methods: Mice were pretreated with rottlerin, a...

Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) uses five different particles to express sentential negation: the invariant particle maa, the particle laa and its tensed counterparts lam (PAST) and lan (FUT), and laysa which is marked only for SUBJ agreement. Partial analyses of these elements are offered in other frameworks, notably Minimalism (Shlonsky, 1997; Benmamoun, 2000), but have not to date received an a...