, Davis G. Simons MD -- "Carla-Krystin and Paul provide a valuable guide for making evidence-based decisions on the effective treatment of myofascial trigger points, and it is recommended reading for all those using massage therapy."-Davis G. Simons, MD, author of Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual , Janet R. Kahn, PhD, NCBMT, Research Assistant Professor -- "Andrade and Clifford provide in this book not just the idea of becoming more evidence-based and outcome-based in our work, but also the means to do that. Whatever kind of learner the reader is, they provide what is needed in order for students and practitioners to give clients the best, which is, after all, what they deserve."-Janet R. Kahn, PhD, NCBMT Journal of Massage Science, 01-NOV-09 -- "Recently our Journal was asked to review the Second Edition of a textbook called Outcome-Based Massage. Usually we don't review books and we didn't plan to change our policy. However after reading even small sections from different chapters we realized that we hold a gem of a publication in our hands. "The textbook takes the students and practitioners from the very first steps of massage therapy science to the application of different medical massage modalities (neuromuscular therapy, connective tissue massage, lymph drainage massage, etc., etc.) for the somatic rehabilitation. Even rarely mentioned in massage literature percussion massage to enhance the bronchial drainage in cases of chronic pulmonary abnormalities is in the book. Each chapter has proper references and every section has great educational and practical value. "The great strengths of this textbook lies in its attention to detail and the dedication of the authors in building up the practitioners' clinical thinking. We can rave about the value of the textbook for several pages but we think that it is simply better for the readers to get this publication and we are sure it won't disappoint you. "We think that the authors made only one mistake. The title of the textbook does not reflect its value and frankly one may pass the textbook in the catalog just because of that. This, of course, is our personal opinion."-Journal of Massage Science
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