The Massage Therapy Foundation's Research Webinar Series 2019

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Research Thursday Spotlight: The Massage Therapy Foundation Research Webinar Series in 2019

http://massagetherapyfoundation.org

The Massage Therapy Foundation (research) and the NCBTMB (national massage therapy and bodywork association) have collaborated to create a webinar series on the basics of research in 2019. The first webinar aired in February 2019 with the episode, "Why Research?"

Go to their landing page to learn more about this Research Webinar Series.

There will be 3 parts to the series in 2019

1. Part 1 was "Why Research?" (Feb 2019)
2. Part 2 was "What is Research?" (July 2019)
3. Part 3 will be "How to Find Quality Resources" (to be sometime in fall 2019)

The Massage Therapy Foundation is offering continuing education credit for watching these seminars. To take the quiz and get the credit, go to their website.

Part 1: "Why Research?" February 2019

Part 2: "What is Research?" July 2019

Related blogposts on Massage Therapy

• Hospital-based Practice Standards for Massage Therapists, announced by ACIH
• Resource: The Massage Therapy Foundation
• Joint Commission Pain Management Standard Clarification on Non-Pharm Options

For more on the topic of research

• follow the tag/labels in this blog for: "research literacy" and "metrics"
• Research Basics and Practical Applications for the Healthcare Clinician
• The Integrative Medicine Researcher
• Research Thursdays: Oncology
• Resource: The Massage Therapy Foundation
• Dr. Helene Langevin, NCCIH, and acupuncture research
• The Teaching Kitchen Collaborative and Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives
• The FDA Roadmap on Patient Reported Outcome Measures (video series)
• Research Journal Resources for Authors Page by JASA, formerly Meridians JAOM
• Articles related to the Hospital Practice Handbook Project that have been published in peer-reviewed journals can be found on our publications page. 

Other monthly research summary blogposts

• August Research Roundup
• April Research Roundup
• March Research Roundup
• February Research Roundup
• January Research Roundup
• December Research Roundup

Research Review posts

• Acupuncture and Fascia Research
• Key Papers when discussion acupuncture for pain management with a physician
• The Field of Acupuncture Research in Just 10 minutes (video)

Research Resource Websites & Journals

• Journal of the American Society of Acupuncturists (JASA), formerly Meridians: Journal of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
• Evidence-Based Acupuncture (EBA)
• Society of Acupuncture Research (SAR) is associated with 
• The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (JACM): Paradigm, Practice, and Policy Advancing Integrative Health

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January 2019 Research Thursdays Summary

key words:  research literacy, funding and grants, sharing related research in the field, research in integrative health

The January Research Roundup

(and funding announcements!)

Review of the "Research and Metrics Thursdays" theme from the public Facebook Page and newsletter

NCCIH and NIH Research Funding Opportunity--the HEAL Initiative 

• NCCIH and NIH funding if you work in pain management or addiction, especially the field of opioid addiction.   If you have heard me talk about the National Pain Strategy document the past couple years, HEAL builds upon parts of the work laid out in that very large federal public document.
• General announcement from December 2018.   
• Learn more about the HEAL initiative at this webpage. 
• Workshop on treating pain with natural products (Jan. 2019)
• New funding for basic and mechanistic research on pain and complementary healthcare (Jan 2019)

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Funding Announcement

• PCORI funding announcements

National Academy of Medicine (NAM) 2018 “Non-Pharm Pain” Conference.  

• December 2018 recording.  recommended lunchtime listen
• The recordings from this conference are now available to view.  I added the NAM playlist for this conference to the HH Project channel’s library.  Thank you to ACIH for announcing this information.  
• The NAM conference was 2 days, so the recordings playlist is long.  So far, I recommend the first video with Dr. Cherkin. 
• Here is the link to the playlist.
• Here is the link to this NAM conference agenda, to help you choose recordings most interesting to you.

Upcoming NCCIH Conference:  Workshop on Acupuncture Research

• Translating Fundamental Science of Acupuncture into Clinical Practice:  For Cancer Symptom Management, Pain, & Substance Abuse
• Free and open to the public
• February 11^th and 12^th, 2019
• Bethesda, MD
• More information available on the NCCIH “acupunctureworkshop” page

Massage Therapy

• Massage Therapy Foundation Poster Abstract Submission deadline 1.31.2019
• For those of you working with or leading massage therapists and collecting metrics, the 2019 call for poster abstracts for the International Massage Therapy Research Conference (IMTRC) is out:
• Call for Posters for IMTRC 2019 ends 1.31.2019
• Go here for the poster application
• The IMTRC is held once every 3 years.  It is “an opportunity to learn the latest research, connect with colleagues, and gain insight into best practices in massage therapy.” And it “brings together thought leaders in the profession and educators to discuss massage therapy innovations”
• The next IMTRC conference is May 9-10, 2019 in Alexandria, Virginia.
• Massage Therapy Foundation Research Grants for 2019—applications are now open. Submission deadline is March 1^st, 2019.
• “Massage Therapy Foundation Research Grants are awarded to those conducting studies that seek to advance our understanding of specific therapeutic applications of massage, public perceptions of and attitudes toward massage therapy, and the role of massage therapy in health care delivery.”
• Read more and apply at:  http://massagetherapyfoundation.org/grants-and-contests/research-grants/
• Massage Therapy Foundation Community Service Grants for 2019—applications are now open. 
• Submission deadline is April 1^st, 2019
• If you work with a 501c3 organization providing massage, you may qualify.  They say they take applications from the U.S., internationally, and have a specific grant opportunity for those providing massage therapy in northern Illinois.  Learn more about this community service grant here:  http://massagetherapyfoundation.org/grants-and-contests/community-service-grants/
• Massage therapy case report submissions
• The Massage Therapy Foundation also accepts case reports from practitioners for their journal publication, International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (IJTMB) and runs a student case report contest.  Learn more here:  http://massagetherapyfoundation.org/grants-and-contests/case-report-contest/

FDA Roadmap Series with the National Health Council

• The January 17th, 2019, webinar was on "Untangling the Terms: Endpoints, Items, Outcomes, PROs, PROMS, PRO-PMs" with Ashley Slagle, MS, PhD.  For more about this series and to watch the latest webinar, go to the FDA Roadmap Lunchtime Listen recommendation post.

Breathwork, a foundation in Traditional Chinese Medicine practice, and a research article

• Research Thursday...Breathwork
• As an east Asian medicine practitioner (acupuncturist) I have been teaching my patients diaphragmatic breathing on day one and reinforced practice throughout treatment course with related self-care homework. This breathing practice often also called "belly breathing" has been known for a long time to help us consciously switch our breathing state into the parasympathetic state (rest and digest). Because, in our modern world, most people go about their day in sympathetic state of breathing (fight or flight). Breathwork, the conscious control of your breath, is the foundation of qi gong and mindfulness practices.
• More recently, research has been conducted to test these age-old practices, such as this article available on PubMed.  --Megan
• research article:   Russo, MA, Santarelli, DM, O’Rourke, D:  “The physiological effects of slow breathingin the healthy human”. Breathe, 2017 13(4): 298-309.  doi: 10.1183/20734735.009817

Recommended Studies to Read in Older Newsletters

• see the December 2018 Research Thursdays post  

For more on the topic of research

• follow the tag/label in this blog for "research literacy"

More Research Thursdays Summary posts
December 2018

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Resource: The Massage Therapy Foundation

keywords:  501c3 non profit organization, massage therapy, research literacy, grants, research grants, community service project grants, massage therapy research podcast, learn to write case reports, massage research infographics, massage therapy e-books

Resource Highlight:  The Massage Therapy Foundation

website

Video Introduction to the Foundation

Research Literacy-building Resources from the 

Massage Therapy Foundation

(1) Watch a Webinar and Learn how to Write a Case Report 

"Writing a case report is one of the simplest and most effective ways to become actively involved in massage therapy research.  By taking the valuable insights you have gained by working with a client and sharing that knowledge, you enable others to work more effectively with clients who have similar needs."

• 5-part webinar on how to write a case report, "Free 5-Part Case Report Webinar Series"
• Review case reports written by others at the Massage Therapy Foundation journal website 

(2) Connect with other therapists by joining an "E-Research Cohort", where strategies for writing case reports are discussed.

(3) Open Access Journal
The International Journal of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (IJTMB), the official journal of the Massage Therapy Foundation, is open-access, peer-reviewed, and indexed in PubMed.
The IJTMB (journal) website.

"Through IJTMB, the Foundation provides peer-reviewed case reports and scientific information free of charge to therapists, students, medical professionals, patients, and anyone else who may be interested in the science behind therapeutic massage."

(4) Student Case Report Contest
Students must submit before their graduation date and the contest accepts applications year-round.  Applications are reviewed once/year.

http://massagetherapyfoundation.org

Apply at this webpage. 

(5) The Official Newsletter and Archives
The Massage Therapy Foundation newsletter and newsletter archives, the Communicator.

(6) Free Foundation E-Books
List of free Foundation e-books

• Pediatric Massage--A Massage Therapist's Guide to Getting Started by Tina Allen
• 5 Myths and Truths about Massage Therapy--Letting Go without Losing Heart by Tracy Walton, MS, LMT
• How to Connect with a Researcher by Ruth Werner
• The Case for Pain Relief:  5 Research Studies for Massage Therapists
• Working with Physicians:  A Massage Therapist's Guide by Laura Allen, LMT

(7) The Foundation's Podcast
Research Perch 

(8) Research Infographics
The Foundation has a series of infographics they have created for specific research studies to visually explain and share key information and conclusions from the studies. 
You can view all of them and their related published research papers on the website.

(9) Research Posters
You can view a collection of research posters.

(10) Research Grants, Research Grant Contests, and more
The foundation has research grants, community service grants, a student case report contest, poster abstract submission options, and research journal submission guidelines. 

(11) Community Service Projects and Grants
Read more about the program at this page and watch the video to see examples of programs which have received grant funding from the Foundation.

Interested in Supporting this 501c3 Nonprofit Foundation?
You can support the Massage Therapy Foundation through individual donations, sponsorships, or volunteering.  Learn more here.