iRubric: Massage Therapy rubric

Hands do not make contact or travel the muscle in a continuous uniform pattern.

Therapist's stroke speed/pace is not even, full and present.

Hands do not cover the entire mass of the tissue either in a proximal or distal fashion.

Wrists are not straight.

Hands rarely make contact & travel the muscle in a continuous uniform pattern.

Therapist's stroke speed/pace is rarely even, full and present.

Hands rarely cover the entire mass of the tissue either in a proximal or distal fashion.

Wrists are rarely straight.

Hands sometimes make contact & travel the muscle in a continuous uniform pattern.

Therapist's stroke speed/pace is sometimes even, full and present.

Hands sometimes cover the entire mass of the tissue either in a proximal or distal fashion.

Wrists are sometimes straight.

Hands mostly make contact & travel the muscle in a continuous uniform pattern.

Therapist's stroke speed/pace is mostly even, full and present.

Hands mostly cover the entire mass of the tissue either in a proximal or distal fashion.

Wrists are straight most of the time.

Both hands consistently make contact & glide simultaneously both proximal and distal encompassing the entire muscle area during each repetition.

Therapist's stroke speed/pace is consistently even, full and present.

Wrists are always straight avoiding hyper-extension.

Lubricant is applied unevenly resulting in no flow of stroke with multiple sites of drag.

Lubricant is applied evenly allowing for an occasional smooth flow of stroke with drag.

Lubricant is sometimes applied evenly allowing for a sometimes smooth flow of stroke with some drag.

Lubricant is mostly applied evenly allowing for a mostly smooth flow of stroke with little drag.

Lubricant is applied evenly allowing smooth flow of stroke with no drag.