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  3. The term massage therapy (also called massage, for short; massage also refers to an individual treatment session) covers a group

The term massage therapy (also called massage, for short; massage also refers to an individual treatment session) covers a group

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问题     The term massage therapy (also called massage, for short; massage also refers to an individual treatment session) covers a group of practices and techniques. There are over 80 types of massage therapy. In all of them, therapists press, rub, and otherwise manipulate the muscles and other soft tissues of the body, often varying pressure and movement. They most often use their hands and fingers, but may use their forearms, elbows, or feet. Typically, the intent is to relax the soft tissues, increase delivery of blood and oxygen to the massaged areas, warm them, and decrease pain.
    Massage therapy dates back thousands of years.  References to massage have been found in ancient writings from many cultures, including those of Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Japan, China, Egypt, and the Indian subcontinent. In the United States, massage therapy first became popular and was promoted for a variety of health purposes starting in the mid-1800s. In the 1930s and 1940s, however, massage fell out of favor, mostly because of scientific and technological advances in medical treatments. Interest in massage revived in the 1970s, especially among athletes.
    More recently, a 2002 national survey on Americans’ use of CAM (published in 2004) found that 5 percent of the 31,000 participants had used massage therapy in the preceding 12 months, and 9.3 percent had ever used it. According to recent reviews, people use massage for a wide variety of health-related intents: for example, to relieve pain ( often from musculoskeletal conditions, but from other conditions as well); rehabilitate sports injuries; reduce stress; increase relaxation; address feelings of anxiety and depression; and aid general wellness.
    Massage therapy appears to have few serious risks if appropriate cautions are followed. A very small number of serious injuries have been reported, and they appear to have occurred mostly because cautions were not followed or a massage was given by a person who was not properly trained. Health care providers recommend that patients not have massage therapy before they consult their doctors about their own health conditions.
    Scientists are studying massage to understand what effects massage therapy has on patients, how it has those effects, and why. Some aspects of this are better understood than others. There are many more aspects that are not yet known or well understood scientifically. More well-designed studies are needed to understand and confirm these theories and other scientific aspects of massage.
Paragraph 4 is mainly concerned about ______.
选项 A、side effects and risks of massage therapy
B、safety of massage therapy
C、cautions that the therapists need to follow
D、the training processes of a qualified therapists
答案A
解析 段落主旨题；第四段主要围绕的问题是在进行按摩疗法的时候可能会遇到的一些问题，比如“serous injuries have been reported”、“Health care providers recommend that patients not have massage therapy before they consult their doctors”，结合4个选项，A选项所说的“按摩疗法的副作用和风险”是对这一段落最好的概括，是我们需要的正确答案。
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