TEST3fBANK3fMassage3fTherapy3f7/E3fSusan3fSalvo
Chapter3f01:3fHistory3fof3fMassage:3fPrehistoric3fTimes3fto3fthe3fModern3fEra3fand3fProfession
al3fSocieties,3fOrganizations,3fand3fAssociations.
MULTIPLE3fCHOICE
1. Which3fmethod3fis3fdefined3fas3fmanipulation3fof3fsoft3ftissue3fusing3fpressure3fand3ftract
ion3ffor3fclinical,3ftherapeutic,3fand3fpalliative3fpurposes?
a. Acupuncture
b. Ayurveda
c. Polarity3ftherapy
d. Massage3ftherapy
ANS:3 f D
Massage3ftherapy3fthe3fmanipulation3fof3fsoft3ftissue3fusing3fcompression3fand3fdecompressi
on/traction3ffor3fclinical,3ftherapeutic,3fand3fpalliative3fpurposes3for3ffor3fwellness3fand3fself-
care3fpurposes.
2. Which3forigin3ffor3fthe3fword3fmassage3fis3fGreek?
, a. Mashesh
b. Masso
c. Masser
d. Makeh
ANS:3 f B
The3forigin3fof3fthe3fword3fmassage3fis3funclear,3fbut3fcan3fbe3ftraced3fto3fnumerous3fsources:3fthe3
fHebrew3fmashesh,3fthe3fGreek3fmasso3fand3fmassin,3fthe3fLatin3fmassa,3fthe3fArabic3fmass’h,3fth
e3fSanskrit3fmakeh,3fand3fthe3fFrench3fmasser.
3. When3fwas3fthe3fearliest3fthe3fterm3fmassage3fwas3fused3fby3fmost3fEuropean-based3fcultures?
a. 1600s
b. 1700s
c. 1800s
d. 1900s
ANS:3 f C
By3fthe3fearly3f1800s,3fthe3fterm3fmassage3fwas3fused3fby3fmost3fEuropean-
based3fcultures.3fHistorically,3fmassage3fwas3freferred3fto3fby3fits3ftechniques3fsuch3fas3ffrictio
n3for3frubbing.
4. The3ffirst3fwritten3frecords3fof3fmassage3fdate3fback3fto3f30003fBCE3fin3fwhich3fcountry?
a. India
b. China
c. Egypt
d. Greece
ANS:3 f B
Written3frecords3fregarding3fthe3fpractice3fof3fmassage3fgo3fback3fto3f30003fBCE3fin3fChina.3f
Acupuncture3fwas3fnot3fmentioned3fin3fChinese3fwritings3funtil3f903fBCE.
5. Which3fwork3fis3fcommonly3freferred3fto3fas3fthe3fclassic3fscripture3fof3ftraditional3fChinese3fmedicin
e?
, a. Tao3fTe3fChing
b. Nei3fChing
c. Ayur-Veda
d. Corpus3fHippocraticum
ANS:3 f B
At3fthe3ftime3fof3fHwang3fTi,3fvarious3fideas3fand3fbeliefs3fwere3fcompiled3funder3fthe3fname3fof3
fthe3fYellow3fEmperor3f(died3fin3f25993fBCE)3fwhich3fbecame3fthe3fclassic3fscripture3fof3ftraditio
nal3fChinese3fmedicine3fknown3fas3fthe3fNei3fChang.3fThe3fNei3fChang3fwas3fwritten3fabout3f276
03fBCE,3fand3fthis3fwork3fcontains3fdetailed3fdescriptions3fof3fmassage3fprocedures3fas3fwell3fas3f
herbal3fmedicines.
6. What3fis3fthe3foriginal3fmassage3ftechnique3fin3fChina3fand3fthe3fprecursor3fto3fmanual3fand3fe
nergetic3ftherapies?
a. Polarity
b. Shiatsu
c. Acupuncture
d. Amma
ANS:3 f D
Amma3fis3fregarded3fas3fthe3foriginal3fmassage3ftechnique3fand3fprecursor3fto3fall3fother3fChin
ese3ftherapies,3fmanual3fand3fenergetic.
7. Which3fhealing3fmethod3fis3fbased3fon3fHindu3ftradition?
a. Ayurveda
b. Shiatsu
c. Amma
d. Polarity
ANS:3 f A
Knowledge3fof3famma3fmassage3ftraveled3fto3fthe3fsubcontinent3fof3fIndia3ffrom3fChina,3fand3fmassa
ge3fbecame3fpart3fof3fHindu3ftradition.3fMassage3fis3fdescribed3fin3fIndia’s3ffirst3fgreat3fmedical3ftext
s,3fthe3fAyurveda3fbooks3fof3fwisdom3f(about3f18003fBCE)3fand3frecommend3fmassage3fas3fan3findis
pensable3fhealing3fprocedure.
8. Which3fmethod3fis3fJapanese3fbut3fbased3fon3fChinese3fmedicine3fconcepts,3fand3fuses3fpressure3f
applied3ffrom3fthe3fpractitioner’s3fthumbs,3felbows,3fand3fother3fparts3fof3fthe3fbody?
a. Ayurveda
b. Shiatsu
c. Massage
d. Amma
ANS:3 f B
Shiatsu3fis3fa3fJapanese3fmethod3fbased3fon3fthe3fsame3ftraditional3fChinese3fmedicine3fconcepts3fas3fa
cupuncture3f—energy3fflows3fin3fthe3fbody3fthrough3fstreams3fcalled3fchannels3for3fmeridians.
Acupuncturists3fuse3fneedles3fat3fspecific3fpoints3fto3fbalance3fthe3fflow3fof3fenergy;3fshiatsu3f
practitioners3fuse3ftheir3ffingers,3fthumbs,3fforearms,3felbows,3fand3feven3ftheir3fknees3fand3ffe
et.
9. Who3fis3fgenerally3frecognized3fas3fthe3ffather3fof3fmodern3fWestern3fmedicine?
a. Galen
b. Celsus
c. Rhazes
, d. Hippocrates
ANS:3 f D
Hippocrates3fwas3fknown3fto3fbe3fa3ffine3fphysician,3ffounder3fof3fa3fmedical3fschool,3fauthor3fof
3fnumerous3fbooks,3fand3fadvocated3fthe3fuse3fof3fmassage3for3f―rubbing.‖3fThese3fworks3fare3fc
ollectively3fknown3fas3fthe3fCorpus3fHippocraticum,3fand3fsummarized3fmuch3fof3fwhat3fwas3fkn
own3fabout3fdisease3fand3fmedicine3fin3fthe3fancient3fworld.3fHippocrates3fis3fgenerally3frecogni
zed3fas3fthe3ffather3fof3fmodern3fWestern3fmedicine,3fand3fhe3fbelieved3fthat3fphysicians3fshould
3favoid3fcausing3fharm3fto3fpatients.
10. Who3fwrote3fthe3fCanon3fof3fMedicine,3fthe3fmost3ffamous3fbook3fin3fthe3fhistory3fof3fmedicine
3f in3fboth3fthe3fEast3fand3fthe3fWest?
a. Rhazes
b. Celsus
c. Avicenna
d. Hippocrates
ANS:3 f C
A3ftext3fentitled3 f
3 f or3fCanon3fof3fMedicine3fwas3fwritten3fby3fone3fof3fthe3fgreatest3fPersian3fphysicians3fof3fhis3f
era,3fAvicenna3f(980-
1037).3fHe3fwas3falso3fknown3fas3fIbn3fSina.3fThe3fCanon3fof3fMedicine3fis3fthe3fmost3ffamous3f
book3fin3fthe3fhistory3fof3fmedicine3fin3fboth3fthe3fEast3fand3fthe3fWest.
11. Which3findividual3fdiscussed3fthe3feffects3fof3fmassage3fand3fused3ffriction3fon3fjoints3fin3fthe3f1500s
?
a. Paré
b. Harvey
c. Galen
d. Mezger
ANS:3 f A
Ambroise3fParé3f(1515-
1590)3fwas3fa3ffamous3fFrench3fsurgeon3fwho3fwas3famong3fthe3fearliest3findividuals3fin3fthis
3fera3fto3fdiscuss3fthe3feffects3fof3fmassage.3fHe3fused3ffriction3fto3ftreat3fdislocated3fjoints3fand
3fother3forthopedic3fconditions.
12. Who3fwas3fthe3ffirst3fknown3fscientist3fto3fdemonstrate3fthat3fblood3fcirculation3fdue3fto3fm
uscular3fcontraction3fof3fthe3fheart?
a. Paré
b. Galen
c. Harvey
d. Mezger
ANS:3 f C
English3fscientist3fWilliam3fHarvey3f(1578–
1657)3fdiscovered3fthe3fcirculation3fof3fblood3fin3f1628,3fand3fhis3fwritings3fdid3fmuch3fto3fpro
mote3fthe3facceptance3fof3fmassage3fas3fa3ftreatment3fmeasure.
Harvey3fobserved3fthe3fhearts3fof3fliving3fanimals3fand3fdetermined3fthat3factive3fphase3fof3fthe3fheart3
fmuscular3fcontraction3f(systole)3fpumped3fblood3fthrough3farteries3fand3fveins.
13. Who3fdeveloped3fthe3fSwedish3fMovement3fCure,3fwhich3fincluded3fthe3fuse3fof3fmassage?
a. Johann3fMezger
b. Pehr3fH.3fLing
c. George3fHenry3fTaylor
Chapter3f01:3fHistory3fof3fMassage:3fPrehistoric3fTimes3fto3fthe3fModern3fEra3fand3fProfession
al3fSocieties,3fOrganizations,3fand3fAssociations.
MULTIPLE3fCHOICE
1. Which3fmethod3fis3fdefined3fas3fmanipulation3fof3fsoft3ftissue3fusing3fpressure3fand3ftract
ion3ffor3fclinical,3ftherapeutic,3fand3fpalliative3fpurposes?
a. Acupuncture
b. Ayurveda
c. Polarity3ftherapy
d. Massage3ftherapy
ANS:3 f D
Massage3ftherapy3fthe3fmanipulation3fof3fsoft3ftissue3fusing3fcompression3fand3fdecompressi
on/traction3ffor3fclinical,3ftherapeutic,3fand3fpalliative3fpurposes3for3ffor3fwellness3fand3fself-
care3fpurposes.
2. Which3forigin3ffor3fthe3fword3fmassage3fis3fGreek?
, a. Mashesh
b. Masso
c. Masser
d. Makeh
ANS:3 f B
The3forigin3fof3fthe3fword3fmassage3fis3funclear,3fbut3fcan3fbe3ftraced3fto3fnumerous3fsources:3fthe3
fHebrew3fmashesh,3fthe3fGreek3fmasso3fand3fmassin,3fthe3fLatin3fmassa,3fthe3fArabic3fmass’h,3fth
e3fSanskrit3fmakeh,3fand3fthe3fFrench3fmasser.
3. When3fwas3fthe3fearliest3fthe3fterm3fmassage3fwas3fused3fby3fmost3fEuropean-based3fcultures?
a. 1600s
b. 1700s
c. 1800s
d. 1900s
ANS:3 f C
By3fthe3fearly3f1800s,3fthe3fterm3fmassage3fwas3fused3fby3fmost3fEuropean-
based3fcultures.3fHistorically,3fmassage3fwas3freferred3fto3fby3fits3ftechniques3fsuch3fas3ffrictio
n3for3frubbing.
4. The3ffirst3fwritten3frecords3fof3fmassage3fdate3fback3fto3f30003fBCE3fin3fwhich3fcountry?
a. India
b. China
c. Egypt
d. Greece
ANS:3 f B
Written3frecords3fregarding3fthe3fpractice3fof3fmassage3fgo3fback3fto3f30003fBCE3fin3fChina.3f
Acupuncture3fwas3fnot3fmentioned3fin3fChinese3fwritings3funtil3f903fBCE.
5. Which3fwork3fis3fcommonly3freferred3fto3fas3fthe3fclassic3fscripture3fof3ftraditional3fChinese3fmedicin
e?
, a. Tao3fTe3fChing
b. Nei3fChing
c. Ayur-Veda
d. Corpus3fHippocraticum
ANS:3 f B
At3fthe3ftime3fof3fHwang3fTi,3fvarious3fideas3fand3fbeliefs3fwere3fcompiled3funder3fthe3fname3fof3
fthe3fYellow3fEmperor3f(died3fin3f25993fBCE)3fwhich3fbecame3fthe3fclassic3fscripture3fof3ftraditio
nal3fChinese3fmedicine3fknown3fas3fthe3fNei3fChang.3fThe3fNei3fChang3fwas3fwritten3fabout3f276
03fBCE,3fand3fthis3fwork3fcontains3fdetailed3fdescriptions3fof3fmassage3fprocedures3fas3fwell3fas3f
herbal3fmedicines.
6. What3fis3fthe3foriginal3fmassage3ftechnique3fin3fChina3fand3fthe3fprecursor3fto3fmanual3fand3fe
nergetic3ftherapies?
a. Polarity
b. Shiatsu
c. Acupuncture
d. Amma
ANS:3 f D
Amma3fis3fregarded3fas3fthe3foriginal3fmassage3ftechnique3fand3fprecursor3fto3fall3fother3fChin
ese3ftherapies,3fmanual3fand3fenergetic.
7. Which3fhealing3fmethod3fis3fbased3fon3fHindu3ftradition?
a. Ayurveda
b. Shiatsu
c. Amma
d. Polarity
ANS:3 f A
Knowledge3fof3famma3fmassage3ftraveled3fto3fthe3fsubcontinent3fof3fIndia3ffrom3fChina,3fand3fmassa
ge3fbecame3fpart3fof3fHindu3ftradition.3fMassage3fis3fdescribed3fin3fIndia’s3ffirst3fgreat3fmedical3ftext
s,3fthe3fAyurveda3fbooks3fof3fwisdom3f(about3f18003fBCE)3fand3frecommend3fmassage3fas3fan3findis
pensable3fhealing3fprocedure.
8. Which3fmethod3fis3fJapanese3fbut3fbased3fon3fChinese3fmedicine3fconcepts,3fand3fuses3fpressure3f
applied3ffrom3fthe3fpractitioner’s3fthumbs,3felbows,3fand3fother3fparts3fof3fthe3fbody?
a. Ayurveda
b. Shiatsu
c. Massage
d. Amma
ANS:3 f B
Shiatsu3fis3fa3fJapanese3fmethod3fbased3fon3fthe3fsame3ftraditional3fChinese3fmedicine3fconcepts3fas3fa
cupuncture3f—energy3fflows3fin3fthe3fbody3fthrough3fstreams3fcalled3fchannels3for3fmeridians.
Acupuncturists3fuse3fneedles3fat3fspecific3fpoints3fto3fbalance3fthe3fflow3fof3fenergy;3fshiatsu3f
practitioners3fuse3ftheir3ffingers,3fthumbs,3fforearms,3felbows,3fand3feven3ftheir3fknees3fand3ffe
et.
9. Who3fis3fgenerally3frecognized3fas3fthe3ffather3fof3fmodern3fWestern3fmedicine?
a. Galen
b. Celsus
c. Rhazes
, d. Hippocrates
ANS:3 f D
Hippocrates3fwas3fknown3fto3fbe3fa3ffine3fphysician,3ffounder3fof3fa3fmedical3fschool,3fauthor3fof
3fnumerous3fbooks,3fand3fadvocated3fthe3fuse3fof3fmassage3for3f―rubbing.‖3fThese3fworks3fare3fc
ollectively3fknown3fas3fthe3fCorpus3fHippocraticum,3fand3fsummarized3fmuch3fof3fwhat3fwas3fkn
own3fabout3fdisease3fand3fmedicine3fin3fthe3fancient3fworld.3fHippocrates3fis3fgenerally3frecogni
zed3fas3fthe3ffather3fof3fmodern3fWestern3fmedicine,3fand3fhe3fbelieved3fthat3fphysicians3fshould
3favoid3fcausing3fharm3fto3fpatients.
10. Who3fwrote3fthe3fCanon3fof3fMedicine,3fthe3fmost3ffamous3fbook3fin3fthe3fhistory3fof3fmedicine
3f in3fboth3fthe3fEast3fand3fthe3fWest?
a. Rhazes
b. Celsus
c. Avicenna
d. Hippocrates
ANS:3 f C
A3ftext3fentitled3 f
3 f or3fCanon3fof3fMedicine3fwas3fwritten3fby3fone3fof3fthe3fgreatest3fPersian3fphysicians3fof3fhis3f
era,3fAvicenna3f(980-
1037).3fHe3fwas3falso3fknown3fas3fIbn3fSina.3fThe3fCanon3fof3fMedicine3fis3fthe3fmost3ffamous3f
book3fin3fthe3fhistory3fof3fmedicine3fin3fboth3fthe3fEast3fand3fthe3fWest.
11. Which3findividual3fdiscussed3fthe3feffects3fof3fmassage3fand3fused3ffriction3fon3fjoints3fin3fthe3f1500s
?
a. Paré
b. Harvey
c. Galen
d. Mezger
ANS:3 f A
Ambroise3fParé3f(1515-
1590)3fwas3fa3ffamous3fFrench3fsurgeon3fwho3fwas3famong3fthe3fearliest3findividuals3fin3fthis
3fera3fto3fdiscuss3fthe3feffects3fof3fmassage.3fHe3fused3ffriction3fto3ftreat3fdislocated3fjoints3fand
3fother3forthopedic3fconditions.
12. Who3fwas3fthe3ffirst3fknown3fscientist3fto3fdemonstrate3fthat3fblood3fcirculation3fdue3fto3fm
uscular3fcontraction3fof3fthe3fheart?
a. Paré
b. Galen
c. Harvey
d. Mezger
ANS:3 f C
English3fscientist3fWilliam3fHarvey3f(1578–
1657)3fdiscovered3fthe3fcirculation3fof3fblood3fin3f1628,3fand3fhis3fwritings3fdid3fmuch3fto3fpro
mote3fthe3facceptance3fof3fmassage3fas3fa3ftreatment3fmeasure.
Harvey3fobserved3fthe3fhearts3fof3fliving3fanimals3fand3fdetermined3fthat3factive3fphase3fof3fthe3fheart3
fmuscular3fcontraction3f(systole)3fpumped3fblood3fthrough3farteries3fand3fveins.
13. Who3fdeveloped3fthe3fSwedish3fMovement3fCure,3fwhich3fincluded3fthe3fuse3fof3fmassage?
a. Johann3fMezger
b. Pehr3fH.3fLing
c. George3fHenry3fTaylor
