ArticleExercise and sport sciences reviews2021
Massage as a Mechanotherapy for Skeletal Muscle.
Article in Exercise and sport sciences reviews, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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17 citing papers in PubMed.
- Manual massage versus foam rolling within the NASM corrective framework: a trial for upper crossed syndrome rehabilitation in university students.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Clinical Effect of Abdominal Massage Therapy on Blood Glucose and Intestinal Microbiota in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2022Trial
- Mechanisms and Efficacy of Massage Therapy for Post-Exercise Muscle Repair: A Narrative Review.Muscles (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Through Massage to the Brain-Neuronal and Neuroplastic Mechanisms of Massage Based on Various Neuroimaging Techniques (EEG, fMRI, and fNIRS).Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- A health resort-based intervention reduces insomnia with minimal changes in quality of life in COVID-19 survivors and non-COVID-19 controls.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Biomechanical optimization of rolling manipulation for lumbar muscle strain: a study protocol of cerebral hemodynamic responses and clinical efficacy using fNIRS.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Article
- An Overview of Ischemic Preconditioning as a Potential Therapeutic Target for Chronic Muscle Pain.Journal of pain research · 2026Article
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- Parents' experience in pediatric Tuina treatment program for congenital muscular torticollis in infants and children: qualitative findings from individual interviews.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Article
- A review and empirical findings of fasciae and muscle interactions in low back pain.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Effect of Single Session of Swedish Massage on Circulating Levels of Interleukin-6 and Insulin-like Growth Factor 1.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Optimization of Tuina rolling manipulation parameters to promote blood circulation using a circulatory orthogonal experiment.Journal of physical therapy science · 2024Article
- Massage protects skeletal muscle from injury during long-term heavy-duty exercise via integrin β1 and laminin 2 channels of basement membrane.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2023Article
- Optical Measurements of the Skin Surface to Infer Bilateral Distinctions in Myofascial Tissue Stiffness.World Haptics Conference. World Haptics Conference · 2023Article
- Role of macrophages during skeletal muscle regeneration and hypertrophy-Implications for immunomodulatory strategies.Physiological reports · 2022Review
- Mechanotherapy Reprograms Aged Muscle Stromal Cells to Remodel the Extracellular Matrix during Recovery from Disuse.Function (Oxford, England) · 2022Article
- Successfully physical therapy program for functional respiratory rehabilitation after lung transplant surgery - case report.Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologieArticle
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Abstract
Massage is anecdotally associated with many health benefits, but physiological and clinically relevant mechanisms recently have begun to be investigated in a controlled manner. Herein, we describe research supporting our hypothesis that massage can be used as a mechanotherapy imparting biologically relevant adaptations in skeletal muscle and improving muscle properties.
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