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Clinical Consideration

Application to deform (change the shape) and stretch the soft tissue has an

effect on the electrical and mechanical activities of muscles that are not

being massaged but that are indirectly connected to the massaged tissue.

MT appears to influence muscle motor tone not only through direct

massage of the tissue but also through indirect effects on another distant

soft tissue structure (Kassolik et al. 2009, Fritz 2013).

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