Objective: Sport massage, a manual therapy for muscle and soft tissue pain and weakness,
is a popular and widely used modality for recovery after intense exercise. Our objective is to …

Background Post-exercise massage is one of the most frequently applied interventions to
enhance recovery of athletes. However, evidence to support the efficacy of massage for …

Background Massage is a popular treatment choice of athletes, coaches, and sports
physical therapists. Despite its purported benefits and frequent use, evidence demonstrating …

The science of sports massage is ofinterest to many populations including athletes, athletic
trainers, coaches, as well as sports physiologists. While evidence to support or refute the …

There is currently little scientific evidence that manual massage has any significant impact
on the short-or long-term recovery of muscle function following exercise or on the …

Objective Massage is ubiquitous in elite sport and increasingly common at amateur level but
the evidence base for this intervention has not been reviewed systematically. We therefore …

Many coaches, athletes and sports medicine personnel hold the belief, based on
observations and experiences, that massage can provide several benefits to the body such …

Objectives: Massage is widely used by the athletic population for a variety of purposes such
as injury prevention, recovery from fatigue, relaxation, and to increase performance. This …

Background The use of sports massage is very common in the athletic community. However,
only a few studies have shown any therapeutic effect of massage. Hypothesis Sports …

Purpose The intention of this study was to assess the effectiveness of massage on muscle
recovery as a function of therapist education in participants who completed a 10-km running …