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How to fact check massage therapy research: 6 things to look for
Key takeaways: Prior plausibility: Evaluate how a claim aligns with established science. For...
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How to fact check massage therapy research: 6 things to look for
Key takeaways: Prior plausibility: Evaluate how a claim aligns with established science. For...
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Clinical equipoise: Is it possible to do a pure randomized-controlled trial in massage therapy?
Clinical equipoise means that clinicians and researchers honestly don’t know which treatment is...
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Untrustworthy trials skew evidence base for cognitive behavioral therapy and exercise in spinal pain, study finds
A group of British, Australian, and Finnish researchers identified eight clinical trials that skew...
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What is regression to the mean in massage therapy?
Regression to the mean in health care describes the tendency of the symptoms of a condition to go...
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Outcome-based vs. mechanism-based studies in massage therapy: Why should we care?
We see the terms “evidence-based practice”—and sometimes its cousin “science-based practice”—pop...
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Making sense about massage and low back pain with Dr. Christopher Moyer
A 2015 Cochrane Review found “little confidence” in the effectiveness of massage therapy for...
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