Effect of infant massage to comprehensively verify autonomic nervous activity and cerebral cortex activity

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26463396
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: Kyoto Koka Women's University
• Principal Investigator: TANAKA Yayoi 京都光華女子大学, 健康科学部, 助教 (80636184)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 渡邊 浩子 大阪大学, 医学系研究科, 教授 (20315857) ; 能町 しのぶ 大阪大学, 医学系研究科, 招へい研究員 (40570487)
• Research Collaborator: NOMACHI Shinobu 兵庫県立大学, 看護学部, 講師 (40570487)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: ベビーマッサージ / 触覚刺激 / 自律神経活動 / 大脳皮質活動 / リラックス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to estimate the reaction a sense of touch stimulus by a baby massage exerts on a massaging mother and child comprehensively from the autonomic nerve function and cerebral cortex activity. A target was 13 sets of 3-6 or pair of the month child and the mother. As a result, the following outcome was obtained.1. Both mother carrying out massage and the child catching the massage reduce a cerebral cortex activity, and the sense of touch stimulation brings excellent emotion by a relaxation effect.2. It was saliva amylase level before the massage of mother, oxyHb density, and the correlation was equilateral weak correlation. From this connection, the sense of touch stimulation acts on limbic system through autonomic nerve.

Free Research Field

母子保健