- Facilitates weight gain in preterm infants
- Enhances attentiveness
- Alleviates depressive symptoms
- Reduces pain
- Reduces stress hormones
- Improves immune function
Monday, December 20, 2010
Check out these reports from the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami...
The Touch Research Institute is dedicated to studying the effects of touch therapy. The TRIs have researched the effects of massage therapy at all stages of life, from newborns to senior citizens. In these studies theTRIs have shown that touch therapy has many positive effects. For example, massage therapy:
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University of Miami - Touch Research Institute
ReplyDelete"Massage therapy reduces anxiety and enhances EEG pattern of alertness and math computations."
International Journal of Neuroscience, 86, 197-205
Adults were given a chair massage, and control group adults were asked to relax in a chair for 15 minutes, two times a week for five weeks. Frontal delta power increased with both groups, suggesting relaxation. The massage group showed decreased alpha and beta power, and increased speed and accuracy on math computations. At the end of the 5 week period depression scores were lower for both groups but job stress scores were only lower for the massage group.
Perlman, A.I., Sabina, A., Williams, A.L., Njike, V.Y., & Katz, D.L. (2006). Massage therapy for osteoarthritis of the knee: a randomized controlled trial. Archives of Internal Medicine, 166, 2533-2538.
ReplyDeleteMETHODS: Adults with Osteoarthritis of the knee were assigned either to treatment (twice-weekly sessions of Swedish massage in weeks 1-4 and once-weekly sessions in weeks 5-8) or to control (delayed intervention). RESULTS: The group receiving massage therapy improved pain, stiffness and physical function domains and in range of motion in degrees, and time to walk 50 ft.
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