{"id":4771,"date":"2025-07-27T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T10:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/?p=4771"},"modified":"2025-07-27T10:28:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T10:28:00","slug":"massage-therapist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/massage-therapist\/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d9%88%d8%b1%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%83%d9%8a\/","title":{"rendered":"American Board of Allied Health, Massage Therapist"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/\">\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0645\u0631\u064a\u0643\u064a<\/a><\/span> of Allied Health, Massage Therapist<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><b>Massage Therapist<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Duration: 3 Hours<\/li>\n<li>Exam Code: MAS5511<\/li>\n<li>Number of Questions: 150<\/li>\n<li>Passing Score: 45%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><b>Exam Coverage:<\/b><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Physiological Effects and Contraindications of Massage.<\/li>\n<li>Basic Techniques of Massage.<\/li>\n<li>Physical Evaluation Skills.<\/li>\n<li>Management of Diseases by Massage.<\/li>\n<li>Management of Sport Conditions by Massage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><b>Recommended References:<\/b><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><b><i><\/i><\/b><em><i>The Massage Connection: Anatomy and Physiology<\/i><\/em>, Kalyani Premkumar, 2nd Edition, Lippincott &amp; Wilkins.<\/li>\n<li><b><i><\/i><\/b><em><i>Basic Clinical Massage Therapy<\/i><\/em>, James Cray and David Pounds, 2nd Edition, Lippincott &amp; Wilkins.<\/li>\n<li><b><i><\/i><\/b><em><i>Thai Massage Manual: Natural Therapy for Flexibility, Relaxation, and Energy Balance<\/i><\/em>, Maria Mercati.<\/li>\n<li><b><i><\/i><\/b><em><i>The Myofascial Releases Manual<\/i><\/em>, Carol Msnheim, 2nd Edition, Slack Incorporated.<\/li>\n<li><b><i><\/i><\/b><em><i>Massage for Therapist<\/i><\/em>, Margaret Hollis, 2nd Edition, Blackwell Science Ltd.<\/li>\n<li><b><i><\/i><\/b><em><i>Manipulation, Traction, and Massage<\/i><\/em>, Joseph Rogoff, 2nd Edition.<\/li>\n<li><b><i><\/i><\/b><em><i>Muscle: Testing and Function with Posture and Pain<\/i><\/em>, Florence Peterson, 5th Edition.<\/li>\n<li><b><i><\/i><\/b><em><i>Textbook of Medical Physiology<\/i><\/em>, Guyton and Hall.<\/li>\n<li><b><i><\/i><\/b><em><i>Orthopedic Physical Assessment<\/i><\/em>, David J, 4th Edition.<\/li>\n<li><b><i><\/i><\/b><em><i>Clayton&#8217;s Electrotherapy, Theory and Practice<\/i><\/em>, Angela Forster, 9th Edition.<\/li>\n<li><b><i><\/i><\/b><em><i>Therapeutic Exercise<\/i><\/em>, Carolyn Kisner, 5th Edition.<\/li>\n<li><b><i><\/i><\/b><em><i>Tide&#8217;s Physical Therapy<\/i><\/em>, Ann Thomson, 12th Edition.<\/li>\n<\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Board of Allied Health, Massage Therapist Massage Therapist Duration: 3 Hours Exam Code: MAS5511 Number of Questions: 150 Passing &#8230; <a class=\"cz_readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/massage-therapist\/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d9%88%d8%b1%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%83%d9%8a\/\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-159"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4771"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4774,"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4771\/revisions\/4774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}