Manual Massage, Acupressure & Manual Bodywork

Insufficient evidence / under studyCgradePlausibility · Plausible; a real mechanical carrier with a modest evidence baseMechanical / Biomechanical (force to tissue)

Route contactInvasiveness non-invasiveDirection additive

Same carrier as the machine bodywork rows (8–10) — mechanical force applied to tissue; human rather than machine delivery is a delivery form, not a new carrier. The half of the pair that does NOT log its dose.

Origin & lineage

Manual therapy / bodywork.

Claimed mechanism

Human-applied mechanical force (massage, acupressure, manipulation) to soft tissue.

Plausibility

Plausible; a real mechanical carrier with a modest evidence base.

Evidence — grade C

Same carrier as rows 8–10; human vs machine delivery is a delivery form, not a new carrier.

Market

Makers: Manual-therapy practice.
Models: Massage / acupressure / manual bodywork.
Price: Service.

Kernel — keep vs set aside

Keep — real substrate

A real mechanical-force carrier with a modest evidence base.

Set aside — claim

Human delivery is not a distinct carrier; the dose is unlogged.

Regulatory status by jurisdiction

Registration or clearance is a market-access fact, never proof of efficacy.

US — FDA	—
EU — MDR	—
Russia	—
China — NMPA	—
Australia — TGA	—

Sources

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11195870/