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Background: One of the most important current health problems is hypertension. Many hypertensive patients dye or become disabled every year due to the complications of this disease. The first step in the treatment of this disease is lifestyle modification. Sweden ...
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2013
Arterial Hypertension
2012
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of Swedish massage on some physiological factors in women with type II diabetes. The experimental group included 12 women with type II diabetes and also had 12 patients with type II diabetes in the control group. The subjects received Swedish massage for four weeks (three sessions a week) in the back and in the abdomen respectively for 10 and 20 minutes. The blood samples were collected 24 hours before the fi rst session of massage and 24 hours after the last session and the changes of factors were measured at rest, as well as the mean blood pressure and resting heart rate before and 24 hours after the fi rst massage session of massage. Independent and dependent T-test was used to analyze the data. Results of the study did not show any statistically signifi cant changes in fasting blood glucose levels and insulin resistance in experimental and control groups. Cortisol, adrenaline and heart rate changes were signifi cant in experimenta...
International journal of community based nursing and midwifery, 2014
Tension and stress are among the factors that lead to hypertension. In most individuals, behavioral strategies, such as relaxation and massage, are effective in controlling the individuals' response to stress, thus reducing hypertension. This non-blind clinical trial was conducted on 90 patients with primary hypertension. The patients were randomly divided into a control and an intervention group. In both groups, blood pressure was measured and recorded twice a week before and after a 10-min Swedish back massage and rest for 6 weeks. The study data were collected using a questionnaire including demographic information, a check list of blood pressure record, and a fixed manometer. In the intervention group, systolic and diastolic blood pressure decreased to 6.44 and 4.77 mmHg, respectively after back massage (P<0.001). The obtained results were indicative of the effectiveness of back massage in reducing blood pressure in the study participants. Using stress control methods, su...
Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, 2000
Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies
The majority of subjects in this sample received Swedish massage (98.9%) with various other types of massage occasionally included such as deep tissue (14.3%) and trigger point therapy (12.1%), as described in Table 3. The areas of treatment primarily included the back (100%), neck (93.4%), lower extremity (86.8%), and upper extremity (85.7%), as described in Table 4. No questions were asked regarding improvement in primary complaint or client satisfaction. Table 4: Areas of treatment(s) received by massage clients at a teaching clinic (n=91)* Treatment area n (%)
Iris Publishers LLC, 2019
The massage is the first therapy that every child comes in contact after its born, every mammal after its born. We see on massage from medical science on its effect by many illnesses on cellular level. The aim of our research is to make one rewire for therapy effect of massage by some illnesses, and prove it, by medical assessment tools. Material and method: We have made one investigation on medical data bases, to resolve all our knowledge and compare with other researchers world way for therapy effect of massage. Results: We have represented our research in three parts: effect of aromatherapy, application of massage by some illnesses and side effects from massage. Discussion: Many researchers proved the therapy effect of some traditional form of massage and medical massage too. It is accept from Association of Physical medicine doctors of Europe, like a therapy modality. Conclusion: Massage has many positive health effects, but medical staff and massage practioners must be careful and to expect some complications specially in area of osteoporotic bones and vessels.
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