• What Should We Do Different, More, Start and Stop? Systematic Collection and Dissemination of Massage Education Stakeholder Views from the 2017 Alliance for Massage Therapy Educational Congress 

  Munk, Niki; Dyson-Drake, Jasmine; Mastnardo, Diane (Massage Therapy Foundation, 2019-03-04)

  Introduction: The Future of MT and Bodywork Forum, held July 27 during the 2017 Alliance for Massage Therapy Education (AFMTE) Educational Congress in Tucson, Arizona, systematically gathered the thoughts and opinions ...
• Real-World Massage Therapy Produces Meaningful Effectiveness Signal for Primary Care Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain: Results of a Repeated Measures Cohort Study 

  Elder, William G.; Munk, Niki; Love, Margaret M.; Bruckner, Geza G.; Stewart, Kathryn E.; Pearce, Kevin (Oxford University Press, 2017-07-01)

  Objective: While efficacy of massage and other nonpharmacological treatments for chronic low back pain is established, stakeholders have called for pragmatic studies of effectiveness in "real-world" primary health care. ...
• "What do you Mean I Cannot Consent For My Grandmother's Medical Procedure?": Key Issues With State Default Surrogate Decision Making Laws 

  Comer, Amber R.; Gaffney, Margaret; Stone, Cynthia; Torke, Alexia (2017)

  When a patient is unable to make medical decisions, a health care surrogate must be designated to make decisions on the patient's behalf. Studies show that fewer than 20% of patients have completed health care representative ...
• Full-text publication of abstract-presented work in sport and exercise psychology 

  Shue, Sarah; Warden, Stuart (BMJ Publishing Group, 2018-03-28)

  Objectives: Meetings promote information sharing, but do not enable full dissemination of details. A systematic search was conducted for abstracts presented at the 2010 and 2011 Association of Applied Sport Psychology ...
• Effects of biscuit-type feeding supplementation on the neurocognitive outcomes of HIV-affected school-age children: a randomized, double-blind, controlled intervention trial in Kenya 

  Khee Loo, Kek; Rizzo, Shemra; Chen, Qiaolin; Weiss, Robert E.; Sugar, Catherine A.; Ettyang, Grace; Ernst, Judith; Samari, Goleen; Neumann, Charlotte G. (Compuscript, 2017-12-01)

  Objective: To determine if meat or soy protein dietary supplementation will enhance the neurocognitive performance of HIV-affected children at-risk of malnutrition and food insecurity. Methods: A randomized, double-blind, ...
• Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase Signaling Regulates the Opposing Roles of JUN Family Transcription Factors at ETS/AP-1 Sites and in Cell Migration 

  Selvaraj, Nagarathinam; Budka, Justin A.; Ferris, Mary W.; Plotnik, Joshua P.; Hollenhorst, Peter C. (American Society for Microbiology, 2015-01)

  JUN transcription factors bind DNA as part of the AP-1 complex, regulate many cellular processes, and play a key role in oncogenesis. The three JUN proteins (c-JUN, JUNB, and JUND) can have both redundant and unique functions ...
• Experienced Practitioners’ Beliefs Utilized to Create a Successful Massage Therapist Conceptual Model: a Qualitative Investigation 

  Kennedy, Anne B.; Munk, Niki (2017)

  Background: The massage therapy profession in the United States has grown exponentially, with 35% of the profession’s practitioners in practice for three years or less. Investigating personal and social factors with regard ...
• Physician understanding and application of surrogate decision-making laws in clinical practice 

  Comer, Amber Rose; Gaffney, Margaret; Stone, Cynthia L.; Torke, Alexia (Taylor & Francis, 2016)

  Background: Although state surrogate laws are the most common way surrogate decision makers are identified, no studies have been conducted to determine physician understanding of these laws or how these laws are utilized ...
• Bone is Not Alone: the Effects of Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction in Chronic Kidney Disease 

  Avin, Keith G.; Moorthi, Ranjani N. (Springer, 2015-06)

  Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with a decline in muscle mass, strength, and function, collectively called "sarcopenia." Sarcopenia is associated with hospitalizations and mortality in CKD and is therefore ...
• Effects of exercise and manual therapy on pain associated with hip osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta‐analysis 

  Beumer, Lucy; Wong, Jennie; Warden, Stuart J.; Kemp, Joanne L.; Foster, Paul; Crossley, Kay M. (BMJ, 2016-04)

  Aim To explore the effects of exercise (water-based or land-based) and/or manual therapies on pain in adults with clinically and/or radiographically diagnosed hip osteoarthritis (OA). Methods A systematic review and ...
• Treating individuals with amputations in therapeutic massage and bodywork practice: A qualitative study 

  Shue, Sarah; Kania-Richmond, Ania; Mulvihill, Thalia; Munk, Niki (Elsevier, 2017-06)

  Introduction Best practices for massage therapy and bodywork (TMB) treatment of individuals with amputations are not well established. Although anecdotal observations are available, they have limited applicability for ...
• Identifying Inconsistencies and Reporting Deficits in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (TMB) Case Reports Authored by TMB Practitioners: a TMB-Adapted CAse REport (CARE) Guidelines Audit Through 2014 

  Munk, Niki; Shue, Sarah; Freeland, Emilee; Ralston, Rick; Boulanger, Karen T. (2016-09)

  Introduction: Case reports are a fundamental tool through which therapeutic massage and bodywork (TMB) practitioners can inform research and impact their field by detailing the presentation, treatment, and follow-up of a ...
• Identifying Inconsistencies and Reporting Deficits in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (TMB) Case Reports Authored by TMB Practitioners: a TMB-Adapted CAse REport (CARE) Guidelines Audit Through 2014 

  Munk, Niki; Shue, Sarah; Freeland, Emilee; Ralston, Rick; Boulanger, Karen T. (Massage Therapy Foundation, 2016-09-09)

  INTRODUCTION: Case reports are a fundamental tool through which therapeutic massage and bodywork (TMB) practitioners can inform research and impact their field by detailing the presentation, treatment, and follow-up of ...
• Morbidity and nutrition status of rural drug-naïve Kenyan women living with HIV 

  Neumann, Charlotte G.; Nyandiko, Winstone; Siika, Abraham; Drorbaugh, Natalie; Samari, Goleen; Ettyang, Grace; Ernst, Judith A. (Taylor & Francis, 2016)

  This paper describes morbidity in a group of HIV-positive drug-naïve rural women in western Kenya. A total of 226 drug-naïve HIV-positive women were evaluated for baseline morbidity, immune function, and anthropometry ...
• An Update on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus as a Risk Factor for Dementia 

  Li, Wei; Huang, Edgar (IOS, 2016)

  With the rapidly expanding evidence on brain structural and functional changes in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients, there is an increasing need to update our understanding on how T2DM associates with dementia as ...
• High glucose-induced Matrilin-2 expression in mouse mesangial cells was mediated by transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1) 

  Zhang, Shukun; Zhang, Menglan; Huang, Hong; Zhou, Shiying; Du, Yanshneg; Yi, Xin; Luo, Junming (Elsevier, 2016-05)

  This study aimed at evaluating the effect of high glucose on the expression of extracellular matrix (ECM) protein Matrilin-2 and the mechanism underlying this effect by using a mouse mesangial cell line. Mouse mesangial ...
• Wobble Board Rehabilitation for Improving Balance in Ankles With Chronic Instability 

  Linens, Shelley W.; Ross, Scott E.; Arnold, Brent L. (Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins, 2016-01)

  Objective: To quantify improvements in clinical impairments using a wobble board rehabilitation protocol for chronic ankle instability (CAI). Design: Prospective randomized controlled trial. Setting: Laboratory. Patients: ...
• Traumatic Brain Injury and Age at Onset of Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults 

  Li, Wei; Risacher, Shannon L.; McAllister, Thomas W.; Saykin, Andrew J. (Springer, 2016-07)

  There is a deficiency of knowledge regarding how traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with age at onset (AAO) of cognitive impairment in older adults. Participants with a TBI history were identified from the Alzheimer's ...
• Perceptions of Yoga Therapy Embedded in Two Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals: Agency Perspectives 

  Van Puymbroeck, Marieke; Miller, Kristine K.; Dickes, Lori A.; Schmid, Arlene A. (Hindawi, 2015-09-30)

  Inpatient medical rehabilitation has maintained a typical medical-model focus and structure for many years. However, as integrative therapies, such as yoga therapy, emerge as treatments which can enhance the physical and ...
• This Issue’s Trigger Points Call for Discussion: Hypertonicity of the Quadratus Lumborum Muscle 

  Munk, Niki; Lowe, Whitney (Massage Therapy Foundation, 2014-12-02)

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