M1000 Methodology

What Massage 1000 is

Massage 1000 is a practitioner-led, real-world outcomes study. Participating massage practices invite their clients to answer the same short survey before and after a session, and APROS combines the answers across sessions and practices into structured outcome reports. The target is 1,000 sessions.

How it works

Enrollment. Participating practices receive project-specific survey access and instructions.
Pre-session survey. Clients report baseline pain, discomfort, tension, stress/anxiety, and relaxation.
Post-session survey. Clients answer the same measures after the appointment, so each session can be compared with itself (a paired pre/post comparison).
Processing. Submissions are checked against the written data-handling rules before analysis.
Reporting. Qualifying sessions are summarized across sessions and practices, with sample sizes shown next to every result.

Our methodology standards

The methodology is written down and versioned, and its rules are implemented in code so every report applies them the same way.

Minimum sample sizes before a result is reported. Every result is assigned an evidence tier by its sample size. Only the Reliable tier (n ≥ 5) is eligible for any outward claim. Smaller groups (Early Pattern, n = 3–4; Emerging, n = 2; Singleton, n = 1) are labeled internal or observational only. Results with n ≥ 30 are flagged as higher-confidence.
Correlations. A correlation is reported only when n ≥ 10 and |r| ≥ 0.30.
Missing answers are never counted as zero. A blank stays blank and is left out of that calculation.
Test records are excluded. Known spelling variants are merged, and submissions without a practice name are grouped as “Unattributed” rather than dropped.
Negative findings are required. Every report must include an executive summary, patterns found, patterns tested and NOT found, full appendices, the next data to collect, and an attribution and disclaimer. Each tested pattern is labeled with one of four plain outcomes: meaningful pattern, weak pattern (monitor), no meaningful pattern, or insufficient data.

What “APROS Certified Outcomes” means. The label means a report was produced under, and meets, the rules of this written methodology.

Participation

Contributing is free. Practices can join Massage 1000 at no cost and receive access to aggregated findings and published outcome reports.
Custom work is scoped separately. Practice-level or longitudinal reporting and custom research projects (for example, tailored questionnaires for a clinic, program, or product evaluation) are scoped and quoted separately.
Privacy is protected. All collected information is protected and de-identified, and privacy policies are shared with every survey submission.

Transparency

The analytic engine is proprietary; the methodology standards are published here. Qualified researchers may request a methodology briefing.

Get involved

Contribute to Massage 1000 at no cost, or contact APROS to discuss a custom research project. Learn more at www.apros.io.

Certification reflects evidence thresholds and reporting methodology only. Not a medical endorsement.

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