● Sexual harassment : Sexual harassment consists of unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when: (1) submission to such conduct is made, either explicitly or implicitly, a term or condition of an individual’s employment; (2) submission to, or rejection of, such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting such individuals; or (3) such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. The 2016 AMBP glossary of terms This glossary is very extensive, but additional key terms used in this course are as follows: ● Craniosacral therapy : Craniosacral therapy is a gentle, noninvasive method of evaluating and enhancing the function of a physiological body arrangement called the craniosacral system , which consists of the membranes and cerebrospinal fluid that surround and protect the brain and spinal cord. It extends from the bones of the skull, face, and mouth, which make up the cranium, down to the sacrum or tailbone. ● Healing touch : Healing Touch is an energy-based therapeutic approach to healing. Healing Touch uses touch to influence the energy system, thus affecting physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health, as well as healing. The goal of Healing Touch is to restore harmony and balance in the energy system to help the person to self-heal. The quality and impact of the healing is influenced by the relationship between the giver and receiver. ● Hydrotherapy : Although ancient Greece and Rome had beliefs that water had healing properties, it was the Romans to first integrate hydrotherapy into their social life, building temples and baths near natural springs. Various hydrotherapy massage techniques exist and are generally utilized by massage/bodywork practitioners, physical therapists, physicians, and spa technicians. These techniques include underwater massage, herbal baths, thalassotherapy, Kneipp therapy, Vichy treatments, Scotch hoses, and Swiss showers. ● Kinesiology/applied kinesiology : The study of the principles of mechanics and anatomy related to human body movement, specifically the action of individual muscles or groups of muscles that perform specific movements. Applied AMTA 2016 glossary of research terminology ● Beneficence : An obligation to ensure the well-being of individuals by: (a) doing no harm; and (b) maximizing potential benefits while minimizing possible harm. ● Competency : Mastery or the skills and techniques of the profession that are gained through education and training. A competent learner has acquired a variety of learning goals including an attainment of self-confidence, or the sense of being able to cope. This attainment of self- confidence denotes an emotional or affective component of competency. ● Confidentiality : This provision in a research study means that, although the researcher potentially or actually can associate a research subject’s identity with information received from that individual, assurances are given that such associations of identity and information will be kept strictly secret, private, and undisclosed. ● Ethics : One of two subdivisions of the branch of philosophy known as Axiology . Whereas Axiology speaks to the issue of values in general, ethics is the subdivision that addresses values in the context of human behavior. The second subdivision of axiology is that of aesthetics and concerns itself with values in the context of the appreciation of beauty. ● Informed consent : Informed consent by research subjects is a moral requirement derived primarily from the ethical principle of respect for persons. Though somewhat
● Scope of practice : The minimum standards necessary for safe and effective practice and the parameters of practice determined by a certificant’s professional training and education, and, when applicable, regulatory bodies. ● Therapeutic breast massage : Manipulation of the non- muscular soft tissue structure of the breast, up to and including the areola and nipple. ● Transference : The displacement or transfer of feelings, thoughts, and behaviors originally related to a significant person, such as a parent, onto someone else, such as a massage therapist, or doctor, psychotherapist, teacher, or spiritual advisor (NCBTMB, 2016b). kinesiology involves muscle testing to assess a client’s condition. ● Lymph drainage therapy (LDT) : LDT is unique in that healthcare professionals learn how to palpate lymphatic flow. As they develop their skills, they can identify the rhythm, direction, and quality of the lymphatic flow. Advanced practitioners are often able to precisely map the lymphatic flow to identify alternate pathways for drainage. Lymph Drainage Therapy evolved from traditional medicine, Asian medical practices, and manual therapies. ● Medical massage : Performing medical massage requires a firm background in pathology and utilizes specific treatments appropriate to working with disease, pain, and recovery from injury. The therapist may work from a physician’s prescription or as an adjunct healer in a hospital or physical therapy setting. ● Orthopedic massage : Combining some elements of sports and medical massage, orthopedic massage integrates ten modalities to treat soft-tissue pain and injury. Emphasis is placed on understanding both the injury and its rehabilitation criteria. The three basic elements adhered to, despite the technical diversity in treatment, are assessment, matching treatment to the injury, and treatment adaptability. ● Somatic therapy : Meaning of the body, and often used to denote a body/mind or whole-body approach, as distinguished from a physiology-only perspective. ● Tapotement : A specific technique used in Swedish massage. It is a rhythmic percussion, most frequently administered with the edge of the hand, a cupped hand, or the tips of the fingers (Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals, 2015). debated, consensus does exist in that informed consent must encompass three critical elements as the researcher attempts to ensure that prospective subjects have all of the required information necessary to make a rational decision regarding their participation in a study. These three elements involve: (a) the extent and nature of study- related information provided to potential research subjects; (b) the comprehensibility of the study-related information; and (c) the voluntary nature of the consent if and when it is forthcoming. ● Neuromuscular therapy : The program of soft tissue manipulation, balancing the body’s central nervous system with the musculoskeletal system. It is based on neurological laws that explain how the central nervous system initiates and maintains pain. The outcome of the therapy is to help relieve pain and dysfunction by alleviating the underlying cause. ● Massage therapy : A generic term that denotes both (a) the promotion of health and well-being by way of soft tissue manipulation and movement of the body, and (b) a health care profession engaged in by massage practitioners. Specialties in the massage therapy profession are defined by virtue of those client populations served, health conditions treated, and intervention techniques used. ● Massage Therapy Research Database (MTRD) : This database, maintained by the Massage Therapy Foundation,
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