The effects of soft massage on relaxation

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25463416
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Clinical nursing
• Research Institution: Morinomiya University of Medical Sciences (2015); University of Miyazaki (2013-2014)
• Principal Investigator: OGATA SHOKO 森ノ宮医療大学, 保健医療学部, 准教授 (50510731)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): OKU SHOKO 宮崎大学, 医学部看護学科, 教授 (40284921) ; YANO TOMOMI 宮崎大学, 医学部看護学科, 講師 (90363580) ; 竹山 ゆみ子 宮崎大学, 医学部看護学科, 講師 (90369075)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: ソフトマッサージ / リラックス / 胸腔鏡下手術

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We had for my object to confirm the relaxation state as the massage effect of the soft touching by this study. And the parasympathetic nerve predominant position was inspected using a heartbeat fluctuation for 12 patients after a thoracoscopic operation in 2014 using total of brain waves for 32 people of meridian of life men and women of fifties in 2013. The part predominant difference was judged by a female α wave from brain waves, but the significant difference wasn't seen overall. The significant difference wasn't judged from a heartbeat fluctuation. But the meridian of life and the patient after an operation could get impressions of "comfortable" etc. psychologically.

Free Research Field

基礎看護学