Deck 8: Massage Techniques, Joint Mobilizations, and Stretches

Question 1

In which direction is deep pressure generally applied during effleurage?

A) Inferiorly
B) Superiorly
C) Centrifugally
D) Centripetally

Answer 1

D
Explanation: After skin in lubricated, apply movements with the hands (fingers, thumbs) or forearms with the deeper or heavier pressure applied centripetally or during the upward stroke, and less pressure applied centrifugally or on the downward stroke.

Question 2

Which term means a type of effleurage that uses light pressure applied with the weight of the fingers or hands as they glide down the body?

A) Skin rolling
B) Warming friction
C) Nerve stroke
D) Pincement tapotement

Answer 2

C
Explanation: Nerve stroke or feathering uses light pressure applied with the weight of the fingers or hands as they glide down the body.

Question 3

Which term means the application of force?

A) Depth
B) Pressure
C) Duration
D) Pallor

Answer 3

B
Explanation: Pressure is the application of force. Depth or level of pressure varies from light to medium to deep or strong.

Question 4

Which session factor is determined by the individual seeking massage?

A) Rate
B) Duration
C) Excursion
D) Continuity

Question 5

Which term means the number of times or speed at which a massage technique is repeated?

A) Rate
B) Duration
C) Excursion
D) Continuity

Question 6

Which term means the physical contact of the therapist's skin with the client's skin?

A) Touch
B) Intention
C) Duration
D) Excursion

Question 7

Which massage technique is commonly used to begin the session and to assess tissues before treatment?

A) Effleurage
B) Pétrissage
C) Vibration
D) Tapotement

Question 8

Which massage technique is also called kneading?

A) Vibration
B) Pétrissage
C) Effleurage
D) Tapotement

Question 9

Which action should occur as deeper pressure is applied during effleurage?

A) Movement becomes faster
B) Movement becomes slower
C) Contact becomes narrower
D) Rate is increased

Question 10

Which massage technique term originated from the French word meaning "to flow" and "to glide?"

A) Friction
B) Vibration
C) Effleurage
D) Tapotement

Question 11

Which term means the order in massage techniques are arranged during the session?

A) Rate
B) Pressure
C) Sequence
D) Excursion

Question 12

Which massage technique is also called gliding?

A) Friction
B) Vibration
C) Effleurage
D) Tapotement

Question 13

Which term means the application of gliding movements that follow the contours of the body?

A) Effleurage
B) Pétrissage
C) Vibration
D) Tapotement

Question 14

Which term describes the regularity or patterning of a massage technique?

A) Rate
B) Rhythm
C) Duration
D) Excursion

Question 15

Which massage technique involves lifting, compressing, and releasing soft tissues such as skin and muscle?

A) Vibration
B) Pétrissage
C) Effleurage
D) Tapotement

Question 16

Which practice is defined as manipulation of the soft tissues using compression and traction for therapeutic, palliative, and recreational purposes?

A) Ayurveda
B) Aromatherapy
C) Polarity therapy
D) Massage therapy

Question 17

Which method increases the pressure on and between tissues?

A) Torqueing
B) Stretching
C) Compression
D) Traction

Question 18

Which term describes the distance a massage technique travels over the body?

A) Rate
B) Rhythm
C) Duration
D) Excursion

Question 19

Which area of the body can deep pressure be used on?

A) Bony prominence
B) Anterior elbow
C) Gluteal region
D) Posterior knee

Question 20

Who determines the frequency of sessions?

A) Massage therapist
B) Local municipality
C) Massage licensing agency
D) Client

Question 21

Which massage technique is also called percussion?

A) Vibration
B) Pétrissage
C) Effleurage
D) Tapotement

Question 22

Which type of friction would most likely be used on tendons and ligaments?

A) Superficial warming
B) Deep transverse
C) Rolling
D) Wringing

Question 23

What are the two main categories of friction?

A) Proximal and distal
B) Superficial and deep
C) Efferent and afferent
D) Centrifugal and centripetal

Question 24

Which type of tapotement uses the ulnar surfaces of one or both hands?

A) Hacking
B) Cupping
C) Pounding
D) Clapping

Question 25

What do faster frictional movements produce more of?

A) Oil
B) Heat
C) Waste
D) Perspiration

Question 26

What other type of friction is deep transverse friction called?

A) Cross warming
B) Rolling
C) Wringing
D) Cross fiber

Question 27

Which massage techniques is a shaking, trembling, or rocking motion?

A) Compression
B) Vibration
C) Pétrissage
D) Tapotement

Question 28

Which descriptions are types of tapotement?

A) Tapping, cupping, and hacking
B) Primary, secondary, and tertiary
C) Superficial, intermediate, and deep
D) Acute, subacute, and chronic

Question 29

Which term means movement is produced entirely by external forces without voluntary muscle contraction?

A) Active
B) Passive
C) Resisted
D) Functional

Question 30

Which term means movement is produced by voluntary muscular contraction?

A) Active
B) Passive
C) Resisted
D) Functional

Question 31

Which term means the amount of motion that occurs when one segment of the body moves in relationship to another segment of the body?

A) Range of motion
B) Facilitated action
C) Stretching
D) Mobilization

Question 32

Which massage technique is usually performed without lubricant?

A) Wringing
B) Effleurage
C) Pétrissage
D) Tapotement

Question 33

Which massage technique rubs one body surface against another while maintaining constant and equal pressure in all directions?

A) Friction
B) Vibration
C) Effleurage
D) Tapotement

Question 34

Which description applies to both effleurage and pétrissage?

A) Tapping, cupping, and hacking
B) Primary, secondary, and tertiary
C) Superficial, intermediate, and deep
D) One-handed, two-handed, and alternate hand

Question 35

Which massage technique lifts skin and underlying tissues from muscle or bone?

A) Skin rolling
B) Chucking tapotement
C) Rhythmic rocking
D) Superficial gliding

Question 36

Which massage technique is a non-gliding method of pressure application?

A) Friction
B) Pétrissage
C) Effleurage
D) Compression

Question 37

How long is pressure typically maintained during sustained compression?

A) 5 to 10 seconds
B) 10 to 20 seconds
C) 20 to 30 seconds
D) 30 to 35 seconds

Question 38

Which type of tapotement grasps, lifts, and releases the skin?

A) Tapping
B) Hacking
C) Cupping
D) Pincement

Question 39

Which massage technique involves repetitive striking?

A) Friction
B) Pétrissage
C) Effleurage
D) Tapotement

Question 40

Which massage technique usually requires lubricant?

A) Friction
B) Vibration
C) Effleurage
D) Tapotement

Question 41

Stretches on muscles should be repeated several times until how many seconds have accumulated?

A) 10
B) 30
C) 40
D) 60

Question 42

Which approach did James Cyriax incorporate into his medical practice?

A) Nerve strokes
B) Aromatherapy
C) Deep massage techniques
D) Jostling

Question 43

Which muscle group is stretched by the massage therapist placing a hand over the client's anterior superior iliac spine and applying gentle pressure with the other hand on the medial aspect of the client's flexed knee?

A) Quads
B) Hamstrings
C) Adductors
D) Gluteals

Question 44

Which technique is osteoarthritis a contraindication for?

A) Passive range of motion
B) Stretching
C) Deep specific friction
D) Pétrissage

Question 45

Which technique involves passive range of motion movements applied to a joint complex?

A) Friction
B) Stretching
C) Tapotement
D) Mobilization

Question 46

Which procedure should be performed on a joint before it is mobilized?

A) Deep specific friction
B) Slight manual traction
C) Jostling
D) Compression

Question 47

Which joint can the techniques of pulls and circles that feature flexion, extension, adduction, abduction, rotation, and circumduction be performed on?

A) Knee
B) Elbow
C) Shoulder
D) Hip

Question 48

The American College of Sports Medicine recommends that muscles should be in which state before being stretched?

A) Warm
B) Tense
C) Soft
D) Cold

Question 49

Who is called the father of orthopedic medicine?

A) Johann Mezger
B) John Harvey Kellogg
C) Pehr Henrik Ling
D) James Cyriax

Question 50

Which technique elongates muscles in the direction opposite to that of their actions?

A) Stroking
B) Vibration
C) Percussion
D) Stretching