Tomita, Norio
Roy-Cardinal, Marie-Hélène
Chayer, Boris
Daher, Stacey
Attiya, Ameer
Boulanger, Aline
Gaudreault, Nathaly
Cloutier, Guy
Bureau, Nathalie J. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3710-9280
Funding for this research was provided by:
Massage Therapy Research Fund (MTRF 2019-2020)
Fonds de Recherche du Québec-Société et Culture (Audace program#284121)
Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Santé (#266408)
Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (#316861)
Article History
Received: 22 July 2024
Accepted: 18 December 2024
First Online: 15 January 2025
Declarations
:
: The Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal Ethics Committee approved the study (CE 19.358), and all participants signed informed consent.
: Each participant provided informed consent, which included permission to use anonymized personal data for publication.
: N.T. is a massage therapist certified by the Fédération québécoise des massothérapeutes agréés (FQM) and the CEO and Chief Therapist of Atelier Tomita Inc., which provides therapeutic massage services in Quebec. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests.