RESUSCITATION by cardiac massage through the closed chest has been described recently by Kouwenhoven and associates.1 This technic consists of applying firm, rhythmic pressure to the lower sternum, thus compressing the heart between it and the spine. Based on exhaustive animal experiments, this method was instrumental in the effective cardiac resuscitation of 20 patients reported by the authors...

OBJECTIVE To assess treatment with fludrocortisone in vasodepressor carotid sinus syndrome. PATIENTS AND METHODS Eleven patients, mean (SD) age 83 (5) years, with daily dizzy episodes and a median of five (range two to 20) syncopal episodes over a median of one year were studied. All had vasodepressor carotid sinus syndrome (> 50 mm Hg fall in systolic blood pressure during carotid sinus mass...

[Purpose] The study aimed to preliminarily investigate the effects of mechanical-bed massage on exercise-induced back fatigue in athletes. [Subjects and Methods] Twelve male college athletes, randomly allocated to experimental or control groups, were instructed to perform reverse sit-up for 8 sessions until they became fatigued. The experimental group received a 20-min mechanical-bed massage se...

OBJECTIVE Living wills, written types of advanced directives, are now widespread in western countries, but in Japan, their recognition still remains restricted to a small part of the population. As an initial step to introduction of such patient-oriented medicine, we surveyed present recognition and acceptance patterns concerning living wills in a main regional hospital located in a suburban ar...

In September 2010, the first International Scientific Tendinopathy Symposium (ISTS) was held in Umeå, Sweden, to establish a forum for original scientific and clinical insights in this growing field of clinical research and practice. The second ISTS was organised by the same group and held in Vancouver, Canada, in September 2012. This symposium was preceded by a round-table meeting in which the...

Negative attributions and failure expectations held by elderly test-takers may be confounding ability-extraneous variables and thus may contribute to lowered intellectual performance. The present study, using the contextualistic model, examined these confounds through experimental manipulation of causal attributions to test outcome in younger and older individuals. Eighty females (40 elderly; 4...

RESUSCITATION of the heart in patients with cardiac arrest or ventricular fibrillation is usually accomplished with cardiac massage. This restores circulation in both the pulmonary and the systemic circuits, but tit times it seems to be inadequate because the blood pressure and the pulse cannot be adequately maintained. A further disadvantage is that a surgical procedure cannot be performed on ...

We are pleased to offer three distinct articles in this issue of the IJTMB covering education, sports therapy, and pain management in opioid-dependent patients. Bauer's education article looks at a massage therapy program developed specifically to address the complexity of integrating massage into a multidisciplinary hospital setting. There are several features I find useful: the description of...

BACKGROUND Falls are the primary cause of accidental death in older persons, producing increased morbidity, decreased independence, and billions in medical costs annually. Massage therapy (MT) may produce adaptations that decrease risk of falling. If MT can improve stability in older persons, it may provide a new intervention for this issue. PURPOSE Determine the acute effects of a 60-minute ...