2015 CMTO Certification Examination Approved References

 Andrade, Carla-Krystin, Paul Clifford. Outcome Based Massage. 3rd edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins, 2014.
 Barron, Patrick Hydrotherapy Theory and Technique. 4th edition. USA: Pine Island, 2010.
 Beers, Mark H, Robert S. Porter, Thomas V. Jones. The Merck Manual of Diagnosis & Therapy. 19th
edition. USA: Merck, 2011
 Biel, Andrew. Trail Guide to the Body. 4th edition. USA: Discovery Books, 2010.
 Bucci, Celia. Condition-Specific Massage Therapy. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. 2011
 Cameron, Michelle H. Physical Agents in Rehabilitation. 4th edition. Saunders Co. 2013
 Clarkson, Hazel M. Musculoskeletal Assessment: Joint Range of Motion and Manual Muscle Strength. 3rd
edition. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012.
 Clay, James H., David M. Pounds. Basic Clinical Massage Therapy: Integrating Anatomy and Treatment.2nd
Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008.
 Clay, James H., David M. Pounds. Massothérapie Clinique. Paris: Maloine, 2003.
 Curties, Debra. Breast Massage. Toronto: Overzet Publications, 1999.
 Curties, Debra. Massage Therapy and Cancer. Toronto: Overzet Publications, 1999.
 Drake, Richard L., Wayne Vogl, Adam W.M. Mitchell Gray’s Anatomie pour les étudiants Elsevier, 2006.
 Dryden, Trish, Moyer, Christopher A. Massage Therapy: Integrating Research and Practice. Windsor:
Human Kenetics. 2012.
 Edmond, Susan L. Joint Mobilization/Manipulation. 2nd edition. Mosby, 2006.
 Fowlie, Laurel. An Introduction to Heat & Cold as Therapy. Toronto: Curties-Overzet Publications, 2006.
 Fritz, Sandy. Mosby’s Fundamentals of Therapeutic Massage. 5th edition. Mosby’s, 2013.
 Gilman, Sid, Winans-Newman, Sarah. Manter & Gatz’s Essential of Clinical Neuroanatomy and
Neurophysiology. 10th edition. Philadelphia, PA. F.A. Davis Co., 2003.
 Guyton, Arthur C. Human Physiology and Mechanisms of Disease. 6th edition. Saunders Co., 1997.
 Hall, Carrie M., Lori Thein Brody. Therapeutic Exercise: Moving Toward Function. 3rd edition.
Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010.
 Hertling, Darlene, Randolph M. Kessler. Management of Common Musculoskeletal Disorders: Physical
Therapy Principles and Methods. 4th edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005.
 Hoppenfeld, Stanley. Examen Clinique des Membres et du Rachis. 2e édition. Paris: Masson, 2006.
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 Hoppenfeld, Stanley. Physical Examination Of the Spine & Extremities. Prentice Hall, 1976.
 Houglum, Peggy. Therapeutic Exercise for Musculoskeletal Injuries. 3rd edition. Human Kinetics Canada
Ltd., 2010.
 Kendall, Florence P., Elizabeth Kendall McCreary, Patricia Geise Provance. Muscles: Testing and Function.
5th edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005.
 Kisner, Carolyn, Lynn Allen Colby. Therapeutic Exercise: Foundations and Techniques. 6th edition. F.A.
Davis Co., 2012.
 Lederman, Eyal. The Science & Practice of Manual Therapy. 2nd edition. Churchill Livingstone, 2005.
 Lundy-Ekman, L. Neuroscience: Fundamentals for Rehabilitation. 4th edition. St Louis, MI: Elsevier+ 2007.
 MacDonald, Gayle. Massage for the Hospital Patient and Medically Frail Client. Philadelphia: Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins, 2004.
 Magee, David. Orthopedic Physical Assessment. 6th edition. Saunders, 2013.
 Marieb, Elaine N., Katja Hoehn. Human Anatomy & Physiology. 9th edition. San Francisco: Pearson
Benjamin Cummings, 2012.
 Menard, Martha Brown. Making Sense Of Research: A Guide To Research Literacy For Complementary
Practitioners. 2nd edition. Curties-Overzet Publications, 2009.
 Michlovitz, Susan L., Bellew, James W., Nolan, Thomas P. Modalities for Therapeutic Interventions. 5th
edition. F.A. Davis Co., 2012.

 Moore, Keith L., Arthur F. Dalley. Clinically Oriented Anatomy. 7th edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins, 2013.

 Moore, Keith L., Arthur F. Dalley. Anatomie Médicale. 2e édition. De Boeck & Larcier, 2007.
 Muscolino, Joseph E. The Muscle and Bone Palpation Manual. St. Louis: Mosby, Inc., 2009.
 Nordin, Margareta, Victor H. Frankel. Basic Biomechanics of the Musculoskeletal System. 4th edition.
Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001.
 Palmer, Lynn M., Marcia Epler. Fundamentals of Musculoskeletal Assessment Techniques. 2nd edition.
Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1998.
 Persad, Randal S. Massage Therapy and Medications. Gordon Soules, 2001.
 Porter, Stuart. Tidy's Physiotherapy. 15th edition. Butterworth-Heinemann, 2013.
 Porth, Carol M. Pathophysiology: Concepts of Altered Health States. 1st Canadian Edition. Philadelphia:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010.
 Porth, Carol M. Pathophysiology: Concepts of Altered Health States. 8th edition. Philadelphia:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005
 Premkumar, Kalyani. The Massage Connection: Anatomy & Physiology. 3rd edition. Philadelphia:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007.
 Prentice, William E., Michael L. Voight. Techniques in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation. McGraw-Hill
Medical, 2001
 Prentice, William E. Therapeutic Modalities in Rehabilitation. 4th edition. McGraw-Hill Medical, 2011.
 Rattray, Fiona, Linda Ludwig. Clinical Massage Therapy. Toronto: Talus Inc., 2000.
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  Sinclair, M. Modern Hydrotherapy for the Massage Therapist. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2007
 Tortora, Gerard J., Bryan Derrickson. Principles of Anatomy and Physiology. 14th edition. John Wiley &
Sons Inc., 2012.
 Tortora, Gerard J., Sandra Reynolds Grabowski. Principes D’Anatomie et de Physiologie. Saint-Laurent:
ERPI, 2001.
 Travell, Janet G., David G. Simons. The Trigger Point Manual – Volume 1 & 2. Baltimore: Williams &
Wilkins, 1992.
 Venes, Donald (ed). Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. 22nd edition. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Co.,
2009.
 Werner, Ruth. A Massage Therapist’s Guide to Pathology. 5th edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams
& Wilkins, 2012.
 Canadian Pharmacists Association, Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties: The Canadian Drug
Reference for Health Professionals. Toronto: CPA, 2006.
 College of Massage Therapists of Ontario. Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice. (www.cmto.com)
 College of Massage Therapists of Ontario. By-Laws, Policies and Position Statements. (www.cmto.com)
 College of Massage Therapists of Ontario (a member of an interdisciplinary infection control committee).
Infection Control Guidelines. (www.cmto.com)
 College of Massage Therapists of Ontario. Quality Assurance Requirements. (www.cmto.com)
 Government of Ontario. Massage Therapy Act, 1991, as amended.
 Government of Ontario. Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991, as amended.
 Government of Ontario. Health Care Consent Act, 1996, as amended.
 Government of Ontario. Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004, as amended.
 Government of Canada. Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), 2011, as
amended.

Approved list last updated 8/10/2014

French book (2) additions 5/20/10

Legislative updates (as amended)

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