List of 22 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.

List of 22 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

  • Coninx, S., & Stilwell, P. (2021). Pain and the field of affordances: an enactive approach to acute and chronic pain. Synthese, 199(3), 7835-7863. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-021-03142-3

  • Eyles, J. P., Sharma, S., Telles, R. W., Namane, M., Hunter, D. J., & Bowden, J. L. (2022). Implementation of Best-Evidence Osteoarthritis Care: Perspectives on Challenges for, and Opportunities From, Low and Middle-Income Countries. Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences, 2, 826765. https://doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2021.826765

  • George, S. Z., Lentz, T. A., & Goertz, C. M. (2021). Back and neck pain: in support of routine delivery of non-pharmacologic treatments as a way to improve individual and population health. Translational research: the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine, 234, 129–140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trsl.2021.04.006

  • 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). Patient-centered care in musculoskeletal practice: Key elements to support clinicians to focus on the person. Musculoskeletal science & practice, 57, 102434. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2021.102434

  • 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

  • Johnson, M. I., & Woodall, J. (2022). A healthy settings approach to addressing painogenic environments: New perspectives from health promotion. Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland), 3, 1000170. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpain.2022.1000170

  • 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

  • Kiverstein, J., Kirchhoff, M. D., & Thacker, M. (2022). An Embodied Predictive Processing Theory of Pain Experience. Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13164-022-00616-2

  • Klyne, D. M., Barbe, M. F., James, G., & Hodges, P. W. (2021). Does the Interaction between Local and Systemic Inflammation Provide a Link from Psychology and Lifestyle to Tissue Health in Musculoskeletal Conditions?. International journal of molecular sciences, 22(14), 7299. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22147299

  • Kongsted, A., Ris, I., Kjaer, P., & Hartvigsen, J. (2021). Self-management at the core of back pain care: 10 key points for clinicians. Brazilian journal of physical therapy, 25(4), 396–406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjpt.2021.05.002

  • 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

  • Reid, H., Ridout, A. J., Tomaz, S. A., Kelly, P., Jones, N., & Physical Activity Risk Consensus group (2022). Benefits outweigh the risks: a consensus statement on the risks of physical activity for people living with long-term conditions. British journal of sports medicine, 56(8), 427–438. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2021-104281

  • Rossettini, G., Camerone, E. M., Carlino, E., Benedetti, F., & Testa, M. (2020). Context matters: the psychoneurobiological determinants of placebo, nocebo and context-related effects in physiotherapy. Archives of physiotherapy, 10, 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40945-020-00082-y

  • Skelly, A.C., Chou, R., Dettori, J.R., Turner, J.A., Friedly, J.L., Rundell, S.D., … Ferguson, A.J.R. (2020). Noninvasive Nonpharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review Update. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US). DOI: https://doi.org/10.23970/AHRQEPCCER227

  • Sørvoll, M., Øberg, G. K., & Girolami, G. L. (2022). The Significance of Touch in Pediatric Physiotherapy. Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences, 3, 893551. https://doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2022.893551

  • Traeger, A. C., Buchbinder, R., Elshaug, A. G., Croft, P. R., & Maher, C. G. (2019). Care for low back pain: can health systems deliver?. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 97(6), 423–433. https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.18.226050