Massage for Pain: An Evidence Map.

Massage therapy has been proposed for painful conditions, but it can be difficult to understand the breadth and depth of evidence, as various painful conditions may respond differently to massage. The authors conducted an evidence mapping process and generated an "evidence map" to visually depict the distribution of evidence available for massage and various pain indications to identify gaps in evidence and to inform future research priorities. The authors searched PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane for systematic reviews reporting pain outcomes for massage therapy.