Fundamentals of Massage Therapy I;
Practice Final fully solved 2025/2026
Through the efforts of _____, massage became recognized as fundamental to rehabilitation in
physical therapy. - correct answer ✔✔Johann Mezger
Which is a reason for the decline in popularity of massage in the early twentieth century? -
correct answer ✔✔numerous incompetent practitioners
A French barber-surgeon named _____ is credited with restoring he health of Mary, Queen of
Scots, by use of massage. - correct answer ✔✔Ambroise Parè
The designation of the major massage technique classifications (effleurage, petrissage,
tapotement, and friction) is generally attributed to _____. - correct answer ✔✔Johann Georg
Mezger
_____ wrote an encyclopedia of Arabic, Roman, and Greek medical practices that esteemed the
use of exercise, diet, and massage in the treatment of disease and the preservation of health. -
correct answer ✔✔Rhazes
Austrian physician _____ developed a method of gentle rhythmical massage along the surface
lymphatics, accelerating lymphatic system function and treating chronic lymphedema. - correct
answer ✔✔Emil Vodder
The development of _____ in the 1960s placed more emphasis on prevention, recognized the
importance of controlling stress, and advocated massage. - correct answer ✔✔The wellness
model
,The modern term for Chinese massage is tuina, which literally means _____. - correct answer
✔✔Push-pull
Manual therapy has been a major part of medicine for at least _____ years. - correct answer
✔✔5,000
The Ling System of massage is more commonly known as the _____ Movements. - correct
answer ✔✔Swedish
Massage that broadens the fibrous tissues of muscles, tendons, or ligaments, breaking down
unwanted adhesions and restoring mobility to muscles is called _____. - correct answer
✔✔Deep Transverse Friction Massage
The _____ was an important cultural center in ancient Greece where citizens gathered to train
their bodies and minds. - correct answer ✔✔Gymnasium
In medical gymnastics, movements performed by the patient in cooperation with the therapist
are called _____ movements - correct answer ✔✔Duplicated
_____ massage services were made available to the athletes for the first time at the 1984
Summer Olympics. - correct answer ✔✔Sports
Forms of manipulation have been practiced in India for over 3.000 years and are an important
part of the Hindu tradition called _____ - correct answer ✔✔Ayur-veda
In his writings, Hippocrates used the word anatripsis, which meant the art of rubbing a part
_____. - correct answer ✔✔Upward
, _____ wrote extensively on the benefits of massage and hydrotherapy and published The Art of
Massage: A Practical Manual for the Nurse, the Student and the Practitioner in 1895. - correct
answer ✔✔John Harvey Kellog
Which term do the Japanese use when referring to the points of stimulation in the body? -
correct answer ✔✔Tsubo
___ means healing with the hands - correct answer ✔✔Chirurgy
De Medicina, written by _____, deals extensively with prevention and therapeutics using
massage, exercise, and bathing. - correct answer ✔✔Celsus
Successful completion of the _____ earns an individual the designation of being nationally
certified in therapeutic massage and bodywork. - correct answer ✔✔National Certification
Examination
Which would be the best resource to use to locate information about an ongoing interventional
study? - correct answer ✔✔clinicaltrails.gov
The ability to locate, comprehend, and evaluate valid information and, if applicable, apply it to
clinical practice is called _____. - correct answer ✔✔Research Literacy
The Board Certification Credential does not _____. - correct answer ✔✔take the place of a
license where a license is required
Which type of research methodology typically provides the most reliable results with the least
chance of bias? - correct answer ✔✔Meta-anaylsis
Which is not one of the areas of learning outcomes identified in the ELAP Final Report? - correct
answer ✔✔Fee-establishment and collection
Practice Final fully solved 2025/2026
Through the efforts of _____, massage became recognized as fundamental to rehabilitation in
physical therapy. - correct answer ✔✔Johann Mezger
Which is a reason for the decline in popularity of massage in the early twentieth century? -
correct answer ✔✔numerous incompetent practitioners
A French barber-surgeon named _____ is credited with restoring he health of Mary, Queen of
Scots, by use of massage. - correct answer ✔✔Ambroise Parè
The designation of the major massage technique classifications (effleurage, petrissage,
tapotement, and friction) is generally attributed to _____. - correct answer ✔✔Johann Georg
Mezger
_____ wrote an encyclopedia of Arabic, Roman, and Greek medical practices that esteemed the
use of exercise, diet, and massage in the treatment of disease and the preservation of health. -
correct answer ✔✔Rhazes
Austrian physician _____ developed a method of gentle rhythmical massage along the surface
lymphatics, accelerating lymphatic system function and treating chronic lymphedema. - correct
answer ✔✔Emil Vodder
The development of _____ in the 1960s placed more emphasis on prevention, recognized the
importance of controlling stress, and advocated massage. - correct answer ✔✔The wellness
model
,The modern term for Chinese massage is tuina, which literally means _____. - correct answer
✔✔Push-pull
Manual therapy has been a major part of medicine for at least _____ years. - correct answer
✔✔5,000
The Ling System of massage is more commonly known as the _____ Movements. - correct
answer ✔✔Swedish
Massage that broadens the fibrous tissues of muscles, tendons, or ligaments, breaking down
unwanted adhesions and restoring mobility to muscles is called _____. - correct answer
✔✔Deep Transverse Friction Massage
The _____ was an important cultural center in ancient Greece where citizens gathered to train
their bodies and minds. - correct answer ✔✔Gymnasium
In medical gymnastics, movements performed by the patient in cooperation with the therapist
are called _____ movements - correct answer ✔✔Duplicated
_____ massage services were made available to the athletes for the first time at the 1984
Summer Olympics. - correct answer ✔✔Sports
Forms of manipulation have been practiced in India for over 3.000 years and are an important
part of the Hindu tradition called _____ - correct answer ✔✔Ayur-veda
In his writings, Hippocrates used the word anatripsis, which meant the art of rubbing a part
_____. - correct answer ✔✔Upward
, _____ wrote extensively on the benefits of massage and hydrotherapy and published The Art of
Massage: A Practical Manual for the Nurse, the Student and the Practitioner in 1895. - correct
answer ✔✔John Harvey Kellog
Which term do the Japanese use when referring to the points of stimulation in the body? -
correct answer ✔✔Tsubo
___ means healing with the hands - correct answer ✔✔Chirurgy
De Medicina, written by _____, deals extensively with prevention and therapeutics using
massage, exercise, and bathing. - correct answer ✔✔Celsus
Successful completion of the _____ earns an individual the designation of being nationally
certified in therapeutic massage and bodywork. - correct answer ✔✔National Certification
Examination
Which would be the best resource to use to locate information about an ongoing interventional
study? - correct answer ✔✔clinicaltrails.gov
The ability to locate, comprehend, and evaluate valid information and, if applicable, apply it to
clinical practice is called _____. - correct answer ✔✔Research Literacy
The Board Certification Credential does not _____. - correct answer ✔✔take the place of a
license where a license is required
Which type of research methodology typically provides the most reliable results with the least
chance of bias? - correct answer ✔✔Meta-anaylsis
Which is not one of the areas of learning outcomes identified in the ELAP Final Report? - correct
answer ✔✔Fee-establishment and collection
