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Body Massage Performance Investigation by Brain Activity Analysis
Joint Authors
Luo, Shu-Yi
Chen, Sih-Huei
Wang, Tuan-Ping
Ching, Congo Tak-Shing
Chang, Kang-Ming
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-03-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Massage has been widely applied to improve health and reduce stress.
However, the performance difference between hands-on treatment and treatment by mechanical devices has been little mentioned.
Therefore, the main aim of this paper is to investigate a subject's EEG performance under massage treatment applied by hand and treatment applied by mechanical devices.
Massage was applied to four acupoints for three minutes each.
The massage acupoint sequence was from left Jian-wai-yu, right Jian-wai-yu, left Zuo-fei-yu, and finally right Zuo-fei-yu.
An EEG system of 32 channels was used.
Twenty-four volunteers, mainly college students, were enrolled.
EEG rhythm powers of each massage sessions were derived.
Two-way ANOVA revealed that there were also significant interactions between the massage stage and the massage type on delta (P<0.01), theta (P<0.05), and beta rhythms (P<0.01), and there were significant differences at different stages for the mechanical massage group (F=5.557, P<0.01).
The mechanical massage group had more significant differences than the hands-on group for stage coherence of around coherence on alpha rhythm.
Further rhythm power scalp topography between two massage methods is also investigated.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Chang, Kang-Ming& Luo, Shu-Yi& Chen, Sih-Huei& Wang, Tuan-Ping& Ching, Congo Tak-Shing. 2012. Body Massage Performance Investigation by Brain Activity Analysis. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Chang, Kang-Ming…[et al.]. Body Massage Performance Investigation by Brain Activity Analysis. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-10.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Chang, Kang-Ming& Luo, Shu-Yi& Chen, Sih-Huei& Wang, Tuan-Ping& Ching, Congo Tak-Shing. Body Massage Performance Investigation by Brain Activity Analysis. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1028188
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1028188