AMTA 2009 National Convention

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Massage Therapy Foundation Poster Session

The 12th annual poster session at the AMTA National Convention will be sponsored by the Massage Therapy Foundation. Come visit the poster session to read about recent massage therapy research and familiarize yourself with those who are advancing the massage therapy profession through research. The poster session will be open on Wednesday, September 23, through Saturday, September 26, 2009.

2009 Massage Therapy Foundation Scientific Poster Presentation

Massage Therapy Effects in Long-Time Prosthetics User with Fibular Hemimelia Erika Larson

Comfort and Healing Just Under our Fingertips: Massage in Nurse Training-School Curricula (1861-1945)                                                                                     Paula Thomas Ruffin, MSN, RN, CMT

Nurturing Nurses: Decreasing Stress Using Massage Therapy and Stress Reduction Techniques                                                                                                  Paula Thomas Ruffin, MSN, RN, CMT

A Literature Review Supporting Massage Therapy as a Potential Intervention for Stress Reduction in Women at Risk for Breast & Ovarian Cancer                                Paula Thomas Ruffin, MSN, RN, CMT

Fascial Manipulation to Heighten Proprioception: A Basis for Improved Standing Balance                                                                                                                                 Ed Hemberger, CMT

Steps Toward Massage Therapy Guidelines: A First Report to the Profession                                                                                                                 Massage Therapy Foundation Best Practices Committee

Effect of Therapeutic Massage on Peripheral Blood Flow as Assessed by Skin Temperature Measures in the Neck and Shoulders                                                         JoEllen Sefton, PhD, ATC, CMT

Measuring the Effect of Massage on Pain, Anxiety and Tension in Cardiac Surgery Patients                                                                                                                            Brent Bauer and Susanne M. Cutshall, RN, MS

Mobility in a Client with Hypochondroplasia (Dwarfism): A Case Report                    Amy Axt Hanson

The Rapidly Emerging Need for Hospital Based Massage Therapy Training Programs                                                                                                                           Dale Healey, DC

Pillsbury House Integrated Health Clinic A Model for a Student-run Integrated Free Clinic                                                                                                                                    Dale Healey, DC

The Role of Massage Therapy in Pediatric Acute Headache Treatment             Susan E. Gray, LMT

The effects of massage therapy in treatment of chronic plantar fasciitis                Glenda Keller, RMT, BPHE

Massage Therapy at the Remote Area Medical Clinic                                             Paula Ruffin, MSN, RN, CMT and Audrey Snyder, PhD, RN, CMT

Massage Effects on Stress and QoL for Patients Receiving Chemotherapy for AML                                                                                                                                       Ann Gill Taylor, EdD, RN, FAAN, Audrey Snyder, PhD, RN, CMT, FAANP and Cheryl Bourguignon, PhD, RN

Massage Therapists’ Experiences with Cancer Patients on Isolation              Audrey Snyder, PhD, RN, CMT

Northwestern Health Sciences University: Clinical Experience Integrated into the Allopathic Medical Community                                                                                  Joanie Holst

Evaluating the use of electro-photography for measuring whole-person changes associated with massage therapy                                                                               Jolie Haun, PhD, LMT, Gary Schwartz, PhD and Mark E. Boccuzzi

Quality of Life in Massage Therapists with Hand Dermatitis                                  Annie Morien, PhD, PA-C, LMT and Lee Whitridge, MS, LMT