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Rapid and repeated striking of the body as a technique in massage.
‘In doing tapotement, the hands must not be raised more than an inch from the patient's body.’
‘Tapotement along the muscle produces a series of similar local contractions although there is no apparent movement.’
‘To apply tapotement, use the knife-edge side of the hand and keep the wrist loose.’
‘Five basic strokes, effleurage, petrissage, friction, tapotement, and vibration, all flowing toward the heart, are used to manipulate the soft tissues of the body.’
‘There are five basic terms describing different massage maneuvers: vibration, tapotement, petrisage, effleurage and friction (small range intensive stroking).’