Research Literacy for Massage Therapist

A United States government agency which explores complementary and alternative medicine.

A government website maintained by the United States National Library of Medicine. The service provides general consumer health information.

Research database available for public use.

Cochrane contains different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. Specializes in independent systematic reviews.

Peer-reviewed journal focusing on the research (methodological, physiological, and clinical) and professional development of therapeutic massage and bodywork and its providers, encompassing all allied health providers whose services include manually applied therapeutic massage and bodywork.

The leading peer-reviewed journal providing scientific research for the evaluation and integration of complementary and alternative medicine into mainstream medical practice. It delivers original research that directly impacts patient care therapies, protocols, and strategies, ultimately improving the quality of healing.

Peer-reviewed journal publishing the latest therapeutic techniques and current professional debate. Its content is relevant to everyday clinical practice in private, community and primary health care settings.

Publishing original, peer-reviewed scientific articles that provide health care providers with continuing education to promote health since 1992

Since 2002, providing practitioners with a practical and comprehensive approach to integrating alternative therapies with conventional medicine

The Massage Therapy Foundation (MTF), Samueli Institute, and the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) recently partnered on a collaborative project for a meta-analysis of massage therapy for pain. The results of this collaboration were published in a three part series in the journal Pain Medicine.