Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Soft tissue therapy (2nd nomination)

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The result was merge to Manual therapy. Sandstein 09:16, 21 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Soft tissue therapy[edit]

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Lots of unreferenced, dubious claims; it's been tagged for five years and the one valid reference is to a study protocol, not actual research. NE Ent 01:19, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 04:58, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep/merge It's not clear how this differs from other similar pages such as manual therapy but it seems notable enough by this title as more sources seem easy to find, e.g. The effectiveness of soft-tissue therapy for the management of musculoskeletal disorders and injuries of the upper and lower extremities: A systematic review.... Andrew D. (talk) 19:29, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 16:43, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:40, 4 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Tenuous Keep There certainly are sufficient potential links for this topic to establish notability. Andrew D. - some brief research seems to indicate that manual massage is a sub-area of soft tissue therapy Lengthy Piece covers a fair amount, including rolling in that categorisation. Whether those who specialise in manual massage would have that viewpoint I'm not sure, but I ran across that categorisation in multiple sources. Nosebagbear (talk) 10:21, 4 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to manual therapy, I think this is what is described in the article. Szzuk (talk) 08:45, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MBisanz ^talk 13:25, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. or mergeto manual therapy. I'm not sure whether or not this is a varient name, or a someone different system of practice. DGG ( talk ) 20:45, 18 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.