INTRODUCTION Nowadays particular emphasis is placed on the developmental aspects of premature infants care. Massage therapy is one of the best-known methods of caring. Due to the minimal touch policy in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), massaging is not usually performed on premature infants. However, there is not sufficient evidence to support the claim that newborn infants with complex m...

Hypertension is caused by various factors including severe stress and an unhealthy lifestyle. Various ways are done to lower blood pressure, one of which lemongrass aromatherapy combined with massage. The purpose this study was determine the effect extremity massage using on pressure in patients hypertension. This uses a pre-experimental research design group pre-post test design. population we...

Sleep quality is the or physiological state obtained during sleep. One way to improve sleep baby massage. Baby massage a touch therapy direct contact with body that can provide feeling of security and comfort baby. This study aims determine effect infant on infants aged 1-3 months. used quasi-experimental method one group pre test post design. The sampling technique in this was non-probability ...

Sleep provides a positive effect for the development of baby because it can stimulate growth baby’s brain. This study aims to identify massage toward sleep patterns. The researchquasy experiments with sample number 33 babies. sampling technique used total data analysis t-dependent test and Mc Nemar test.The resultsin sleeping position babies before after where time needed fall asleep = 18.33 mi...

Methods A 3-month pilot was performed offering massage therapy to postoperative breast surgical patients. A certified massage therapist approached patients the day after surgery. Massage duration was determined by discussion between the therapist and patient. Massage was offered at a fee of $1/minute and billed through the institutional billing system. Pain, anxiety and tension levels were docu...

abstract background: presently, using complementary therapy such as lavender oil has specific application in medicine. the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of aromatherapy massage on the severity of primary dysmenorrhea in nursing and midwifery students of islamic azad university of arsanjan, iran. materials and methods: this study was performed using clinical trial method on...

An emergency thoracotomy may be life-saving by achieving four goals: (i) releasing cardiac tamponade, (ii) controlling haemorrhage, (iii) allowing access for internal cardiac massage and (iv) clamping the descending aorta to isolate circulation to the upper torso in damage control surgery. We theorize that a new goal should be achieving rapid, large-volume fluid resuscitation and we describe a ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate if a single massage of the hamstring muscle group would alter the performance of the sit and reach test. METHODS Before treatment, each of 11 male subjects performed the sit and reach test. The treatment consisted of either massage of the hamstring muscle group (both legs, total time about 15 minutes) or supine rest with no massage. Performance of the sit and reach te...

OBJECTIVE To introduce a newly designed massage instrument, the Hand Grip T-bar (HT-bar) and use it to relieve chronic non-specific low back pain (nLBP) through deep cross-friction massage (roptrotherapy). METHOD 22 subjects (9 males and 13 females, aged 51.6±6.7) with chronic nLBP were allocated randomly to a Roptrotherapy group (n=12) and a Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)...