… of sports massage exists. For the purpose of this meta-analysis we defined sports massage
… qualified professional, with the purpose of improving performance in or recovery from sport. …

… This meta-analysis investigated the effects of massage on performance recovery and suggests
that although the average effects were negligible in total, massage can be effective if the …

… and meta-analysis was to evaluate the effects of massage on … assess the effectiveness of
massage intervention on DOMS. … were pooled in the meta-analysis. The findings demonstrated …

… Our original goal was to complete a meta-analysis to answer the question, “Does massage
aid recovery of muscle function after intense exercise?” This was not possible given that the …

… This article will review sports massage research on topics … fatigue, the psychological effect
of massage, and injury prevention … A meta-analysis of massage therapy research. Psychol Bull …

… , the intervention given is sports massage, the comparison is sports massage, and the resulting
… Exclusion criteria in this study are articles that discuss the effects of sports massage on …

… in the subgroup analysis, the massage therapy group showed a … a meta-analysis of 4 papers,
found that soft-tissue massage … Sports massage showed the largest significant effect in all …

… To be included in this review, trials of massage had to implement techniques aimed at the
muscular structure and soft tissues local to the shoulder including applying fixed or movable …

… this systematic review and meta-analysis have already been … sports worldwide, hot sports
events have brought huge profits to athletes. A growing number of people are taking up sports …

… meta-analysis, this variable could only be dummy coded according to whether a study
involved a trained massage therapist, or a layperson trained by a massage … various massage …