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TEST BANK Massage Therapy 7/E Susan Salvo

Chapter 01: History of Massage: Prehistoric Times to the
Modern Era and Professional
b Societies, Organizations,
b and
Associations.


MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which method is defined as manipulation of soft tissue
using
b pressure and btraction for clinical,
therapeutic, and
palliative purposes?
a. Acupuncture
b. Ayurveda
c. Polarity therapy
d. Massage therapy
ANS: D
Massage therapy the manipulation of soft tissue using
b b b compression and
b b




decompression/traction for
b clinical, therapeutic, and palliative
purposes
b or for wellness and self-care
b purposes.

2. Which origin for the word massage is Greek?
a. Mashesh
b. Masso
c. Masser
d. Makeh
ANS: B

, The borigin ofb the b word massage is unclear,
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b but b b b can
be b b b




traced to numerous sources: theb Hebrew b mashesh, b b b b b b b b b the
b Greek b




masso and bmassin, theLatin massa, the Arabic
b b b b b b b b b mass’h, the b




Sanskrit makeh, and the
b French masser. b b b b b b b b b b b




3. When was the earliest the term massagewas used by
most b European-
based cultures? b




a. 1600s
b. 1700s
c. 1800s
d. 1900s
ANS: b b b C
By b the early b b b 1800s, the term massage was used by most European-based
b b b b b b b b b b




b cultures. Historically, massage was referred to by its b b b b b b b b b b b




b techniques b b such as friction
b orb rubbing.
b b b b b




4. The first written VF recordsof massage date back to 3000 BCE in which
country?
b




a. India
b. China
c. Egypt
d. Greece
ANS: b b b B
Written records regarding the practice of massage go back to
3000 BCE b in China. Acupuncture was not mentioned in

, Chinese writings until 90 BCE.

5. Which work is commonly referred to as
b the classic scripture of
traditional Chinese medicine?
b b

, a. Tao Te Ching
b. Nei Ching
c. Ayur-Veda
d. Corpus Hippocraticum
ANS: B
At the time of Hwang Ti, various ideas and beliefs were compiledunder
b b b b




the name
b of the
b Yellow Emperor (died
b in 2599 BCE)
which became the classic scripture
b of traditional Chinese b




medicine
known asthe Nei Chang. The b Nei Chang was written about b b




2760 BCE,
b and this work contains detailed descriptionsof b b




massageprocedures as
b well as herbal medicines.

6. What the is
original massage technique in China and
the precursor
b to manual and b energetic therapies?
a. Polarity
b. Shiatsu
c. Acupuncture
d. Amma
ANS: D
Amma is regarded as the original massage technique and
precursor to
b all other Chinese therapies, manualand energetic.
b




7. Which healing method is based on Hindu tradition?
a. Ayurveda
b. Shiatsu
c. Amma
d. Polarity
ANS: A
Knowledge of amma massage traveled to
the bsubcontinent of India from China, and b b




massage b becamepart of Hindu b




tradition. b




Massage is described in
b b India’s first
b b great b




medical b




texts, the Ayurveda books of wisdom (about b




1800 BCE) and
b b recommend massage as an b




indispensable healing procedure. b




8. Which method is Japanese but based on Chinese medicine
concepts, and
b uses pressure applied b from the
practitioner’s thumbs, elbows, and other parts ofthe b




body? b




a. Ayurveda
b. Shiatsu
c. Massage
d. Amma
ANS: B
Shiatsu a Japanese is method based on
the same traditional Chinese medicine concepts as b




acupuncture —energy
b flows in the body b




through streams called channels or meridians. b b




Acupuncturists use needles at specific points

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Susan G. Salvo Massage Therapy
Publisher: 2022 ISBN: 9780323878159 Edition: Unknown

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