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... > Therapeutics > Patient Care > Continuity of Patient Care > Aftercare > Rehabilitation > Physical Therapy Modalities > Musculoskeletal Manipulations > Therapy, Soft Tissue > Massage
... > Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Services > Patient Care > Continuity of Patient Care > Aftercare > Rehabilitation > Physical Therapy Modalities > Musculoskeletal Manipulations > Therapy, Soft Tissue > Massage
... > Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Patient Care Management > Comprehensive Health Care > Primary Health Care > Continuity of Patient Care > Aftercare > Rehabilitation > Physical Therapy Modalities > Musculoskeletal Manipulations > Therapy, Soft Tissue > Massage
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine > Rehabilitation > Physical Therapy Modalities > Musculoskeletal Manipulations > Therapy, Soft Tissue > Massage
Therapeutics > Complementary Therapies > Musculoskeletal Manipulations > Therapy, Soft Tissue > Massage

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Massage  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Massage Therapies
  • Massage Therapy
  • Therapies, Massage
  • Therapies, Zone
  • Therapy, Massage
  • Zone Therapies
  • Zone Therapy

Note

  • do not confuse entry term REFLEXOLOGY with REFLEXOTHERAPY; do not confuse with THERAPEUTIC TOUCH

Scope note

  • The systematic and methodical manipulations of body tissues best performed with the hands for the purpose of affecting the nervous and muscular systems and the general circulation.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008405

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