Editing Massage (section)

=== Swedish massage ===
[[File:Eesti Massaaži- ja Teraapiakool 002-klassikaline-massaaz.jpg|thumb|Estonian massage therapy school teaching the Swedish classical massage technique.|upright=1.6]]
The most widely recognized and commonly used category of massage is '''Swedish massage'''. The Swedish massage techniques vary from light to vigorous.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Braun |first=Mary Beth |title=Introduction to Massage Therapy |publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |edition=Third |page=16 |name-list-style=vanc}}</ref> Swedish massage uses five styles of strokes. The five basic strokes are [[effleurage]] (sliding or gliding), [[petrissage]] (kneading), [[tapotement]] (rhythmic tapping), friction (cross fiber or with the fibers) and vibration/shaking.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Swedish Massage |url=http://www.massageregister.com/western-massage/swedish-massage |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120904080101/http://www.massageregister.com/western-massage/swedish-massage |archive-date=4 September 2012 |access-date=18 October 2013 |publisher=Massagereister.com}}</ref>

The development of Swedish massage is often inaccurately credited to [[Per Henrik Ling]], though the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] practitioner Johann Georg Mezger applied the French terms to name the basic strokes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pages from history: Swedish massage |url=http://www.massagemag.com/Magazine/2002/issue100/history100.php |access-date=25 December 2006 |publisher=Massage Magazine |vauthors=Calver R |archive-date=24 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224084509/http://www.massagemag.com/Magazine/2002/issue100/history100.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> The term "Swedish massage" is actually only recognized in English- and Dutch-speaking countries, and in Hungary and Israel. Elsewhere the style is referred to as "classic massage".

Clinical studies have found that Swedish massage can reduce chronic pain, fatigue,<ref>{{Cite journal |vauthors=Sritoomma N, Moyle W, Cooke M, O'Dwyer S |date=February 2014 |title=The effectiveness of Swedish massage with aromatic ginger oil in treating chronic low back pain in older adults: a randomized controlled trial |journal=Complementary Therapies in Medicine |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=26–33 |doi=10.1016/j.ctim.2013.11.002 |pmid=24559813}}</ref><ref name="Lovas2017">{{Cite journal |vauthors=Lovas J, Tran Y, Middleton J, Bartrop R, Moore N, Craig A |date=February 2017 |title=Managing pain and fatigue in people with spinal cord injury: a randomized controlled trial feasibility study examining the efficacy of massage therapy |journal=Spinal Cord |volume=55 |issue=2 |pages=162–166 |doi=10.1038/sc.2016.156 |pmid=27897186 |doi-access=free}}</ref> [[joint stiffness]] and improve function in patients with [[osteoarthritis]] of the knee.<ref>{{Cite journal |vauthors=Perlman AI, Ali A, Njike VY, Hom D, Davidi A, Gould-Fogerite S, Milak C, Katz DL |date=February 2012 |title=Massage Therapy for Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A Randomized Dose-Finding Trial |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=e30248 |bibcode=2012PLoSO...730248P |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0030248 |pmc=3275589 |pmid=22347369|doi-access=free }}</ref>