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Niki Munk

Medicine · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Complementary and Alternative Medicine StudiesOccupational Therapy Practice and ResearchAcupuncture Treatment Research StudiesMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationMindfulness and Compassion Interventions

Publications

90

Citations

684

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

18

Publishing since 2009

Research summary
AI-generated

Niki Munk studies complementary and integrative health, with a strong focus on massage therapy and its effects on health and wellbeing. Much of the work examines how therapeutic massage can support specific populations, such as pregnant individuals (including those who have experienced a prior stillbirth), palliative care patients, and people managing pain or anxiety. The research also addresses how massage therapy research itself is conducted, including practice-based research networks and building bridges between researchers and clinical practitioners.

Massage therapy and bodyworkComplementary and integrative healthMaternal and perinatal carePalliative and pain-related careResearch methods and practice-based networks

Publication activity has fluctuated over the past decade, peaking around 2019 and settling to a steadier output averaging about five papers per year in recent years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 4.8/year recently
2017: 6 publications17182019: 19 publications19192020: 11 publications202021: 5 publications212022: 4 publications222023: 6 publications232024: 8 publications242025: 2 publications252026: 4 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • IUScholarWorks (Indiana University)×12
  • International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork Research Education & Practice×10
  • Advances in Integrative Medicine×5
  • Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine×3
  • Midwifery×2

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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