MBLEX ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Tunia. Answer: Modern Chinese massage
◉ Tsubo. Answer: Modern Japanese massage. It involves the tsubo
points to be pressed to increase circulation of fluid.
◉ Ayur-Veda. Answer: A book that developed in India that details
massage treatments as a part of personal hygiene.
◉ Celsus. Answer: Roman physician who wrote De Medicina,
detailing the use of massage, bathing, and exercise to prevent
disease.
◉ Per Henrik Ling. Answer: Swedish physiologist who developed
passive and active movements to improve physical conditions
known as medical gymnastics that evolved into physical and
massage therapy.
◉ Charles Taylor. Answer: Introduced medical gymnastics to the
untied states and it became know as Swedish movement cure.
,◉ Johann Mezger. Answer: Established terminology for massage
strokes based in French.
◉ Emil Vodder. Answer: Developed lymphatic drainage
◉ John Harvey Kellogg. Answer: Wrote the Art of Massage which
details physiologic effects of massage
◉ Delores Krieger. Answer: Developed Therapeutic Touch used to
re-balance client's energy field.
◉ James Cyriax. Answer: Developed deep transverse friction used to
promote healthy scar tissue formation. He's considered father of
orthopedic medicine.
◉ Effleurage. Answer: Gliding stroke directed to the heart. Primarily
used at the beginning of the massage in archer/bow stance.
◉ Petrissage. Answer: Kneading stroke used to increase circulation.
loosen adhesion, and release metabolic wastes from tissues.
◉ Friction. Answer: Strokes that move across tissue, used to increase
circulation, break up scar tissue, and stretch muscle.
,◉ Tapotment. Answer: Percussion strokes used to increase muscle
spindle acivity and phlegm in respiratory tract.
◉ Vibration. Answer: Trembling or shaking movements, fast
vibration stimulates an area, slow vibration sedates an area.
◉ Nerve Stroke. Answer: Extremely light form of effleurage used at
the end of the massage to separate the therapist from the client.
◉ Active. Answer: Client performs an action without assistance.
◉ Active Assistive. Answer: Client performs an action with
assistance.
◉ Passive. Answer: Massage therapist performs a joint mobilization
with client completely relaxed.
◉ Resistive. Answer: The client resist a movement performed by the
therapist.
◉ Stretch. Answer: Elongates a muscle.
◉ Unassisted stretch. Answer: Client stretches into resistance
without help of therapist.
, ◉ Assisted Strech. Answer: Client stretches into resistance with help
of therapist.
◉ Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilation. Answer: Assisted
stretch in which the muscle stretch into resistance followed by an
isometric contraction of the muscle by the client. The client then
relaxes the contraction, which allows the stretch to move further.
◉ End Feel. Answer: Stoppage of range of motion in a passive joint
movement.
◉ Soft End Feel. Answer: Stoppage of range of motion due to tight
soft tissue pulling the structure in the opposite way.
◉ Hard End Feel. Answer: Stoppage of range of motion due to hard
tissue preventing any further motions.
◉ Empty End Feel. Answer: Stoppage of range of motion due to
trauma to an effected muscle or joint.
◉ Assessment. Answer: Preliminary evaluation of the client before,
during, and after the massage treatment.
QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Tunia. Answer: Modern Chinese massage
◉ Tsubo. Answer: Modern Japanese massage. It involves the tsubo
points to be pressed to increase circulation of fluid.
◉ Ayur-Veda. Answer: A book that developed in India that details
massage treatments as a part of personal hygiene.
◉ Celsus. Answer: Roman physician who wrote De Medicina,
detailing the use of massage, bathing, and exercise to prevent
disease.
◉ Per Henrik Ling. Answer: Swedish physiologist who developed
passive and active movements to improve physical conditions
known as medical gymnastics that evolved into physical and
massage therapy.
◉ Charles Taylor. Answer: Introduced medical gymnastics to the
untied states and it became know as Swedish movement cure.
,◉ Johann Mezger. Answer: Established terminology for massage
strokes based in French.
◉ Emil Vodder. Answer: Developed lymphatic drainage
◉ John Harvey Kellogg. Answer: Wrote the Art of Massage which
details physiologic effects of massage
◉ Delores Krieger. Answer: Developed Therapeutic Touch used to
re-balance client's energy field.
◉ James Cyriax. Answer: Developed deep transverse friction used to
promote healthy scar tissue formation. He's considered father of
orthopedic medicine.
◉ Effleurage. Answer: Gliding stroke directed to the heart. Primarily
used at the beginning of the massage in archer/bow stance.
◉ Petrissage. Answer: Kneading stroke used to increase circulation.
loosen adhesion, and release metabolic wastes from tissues.
◉ Friction. Answer: Strokes that move across tissue, used to increase
circulation, break up scar tissue, and stretch muscle.
,◉ Tapotment. Answer: Percussion strokes used to increase muscle
spindle acivity and phlegm in respiratory tract.
◉ Vibration. Answer: Trembling or shaking movements, fast
vibration stimulates an area, slow vibration sedates an area.
◉ Nerve Stroke. Answer: Extremely light form of effleurage used at
the end of the massage to separate the therapist from the client.
◉ Active. Answer: Client performs an action without assistance.
◉ Active Assistive. Answer: Client performs an action with
assistance.
◉ Passive. Answer: Massage therapist performs a joint mobilization
with client completely relaxed.
◉ Resistive. Answer: The client resist a movement performed by the
therapist.
◉ Stretch. Answer: Elongates a muscle.
◉ Unassisted stretch. Answer: Client stretches into resistance
without help of therapist.
, ◉ Assisted Strech. Answer: Client stretches into resistance with help
of therapist.
◉ Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilation. Answer: Assisted
stretch in which the muscle stretch into resistance followed by an
isometric contraction of the muscle by the client. The client then
relaxes the contraction, which allows the stretch to move further.
◉ End Feel. Answer: Stoppage of range of motion in a passive joint
movement.
◉ Soft End Feel. Answer: Stoppage of range of motion due to tight
soft tissue pulling the structure in the opposite way.
◉ Hard End Feel. Answer: Stoppage of range of motion due to hard
tissue preventing any further motions.
◉ Empty End Feel. Answer: Stoppage of range of motion due to
trauma to an effected muscle or joint.
◉ Assessment. Answer: Preliminary evaluation of the client before,
during, and after the massage treatment.
