[Analysis of the publication activity of medical massage specialists in the Russian segment of the Internet].

Aim: To assess the qualitative and quantitative composition of publications on medical massage, to determine the share of researches among them, and to compare the publication activity of Russian and foreign specialists in this area.
Material and Methods: The authors analyzed an original sample of 4532 works published in 1900 to 2019, which met the primary retrieval request 'massage'. The scientific electronic library eLibrary.ru was used as a database. A detailed analysis was carried out among 1522 works, the main content of which was devoted to massage. Publication activity during this period was also assessed.
Results and Conclusion: Publication activity has considerably increased since 2001. There have been 4117 publications, i.e. 90.8% of the entire sample. The share of researches in the Russian Internet segment was 17.47% (266 works) from the analyzed sample, which suggests that there is a lack of attention to the topic of medical massage in Russian professional publications and a need for additional investigations in this area.