Breast care aims to improve blood circulation and prevent blockage of the milk ducts so that breast is released. One treatments can increase production do lactation massage, types massage include oketani oxytocin massage. In 1991, a midwife from Japan named Sotomi Oketani created technique overcome breastfeeding problems called Oxytocin itself along spine which one solution non-smooth productio...

BACKGROUND The outcomes of hospitalization anxiety are mental health disorders. One of the methods of anxiety reduction is massage, which can cause reduction of pain and changes in physiological parameters. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to investigate the effects of slow-stroke back massage (SSBM) on hospitalization anxiety and physiological parameters in school-age children. METHODS This cli...

Artists-in-medicine at the University of New Mexico help nurses remember and renew the values that originally attracted them to the field of nursing. Exploring their nascent creativity through massage, yoga, art, music, and writing, nurses are encouraged to reconnect emotionally and spiritually with themselves, their patients, and fellow healthcare workers.

INTRODUCTION Postexercise massage can be used to help promote recovery from exercise on the cellular level, as well as systemically by increasing parasympathetic activity. No studies to date have been done to assess the effects of massage on postexercise metabolic changes, including excess postexercise oxygen consumption (EPOC). The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of massage re...

W x rhen Kouwenhoven et al' introduced the technique of closed-chest cardiac massage in 1960, they wrote, perhaps somewhat exuberantly, that "anyone, anywhere can now initiate cardiac resuscitative procedures. All that is needed are two hands." It is somehow fitting that in this era of high technology medicine more than 30 years later, a promising advance in resuscitation technique, reported by...

background pain related to burn injuries is one of the most troublesome pain intensity. this study aimed to investigate the effect of massage on anticipatory anxiety, procedural pain intensity, vital signs and relaxation level of patients with burn injury. methods in this quasi-experimental study, through convenience sampling, 60 hospitalized adult burn patients were selected from a specialized...

Purpose: to analyze the correlation between values of nasal aeration and geometry cavities, before after cleansing in children with mouth breathing. Methods: 20 aged 4 12 years old were chosen. The questionnaire Identification Index Signs Symptoms Oral breathing was applied patency assessed by aeration, through Altmann graded mirror, measured acoustic rhinometry. After massage, same measurement...

OBJECTIVES After many years out of the limelight, massage therapy is now experiencing a revival. The aim of this systematic review is to evaluate its potential for harm. METHODS Computerized literature searches were carried out in four databases. All articles reporting adverse effects of any type of massage therapy were retrieved. Adverse effects relating to massage oil or ice were excluded. ...

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BACKGROUND Inconsistent results have been reported on the effect of massage therapy on the blood cortisol levels. Also, no study is available about the effect of massage done by patient's companions on the level of blood cortisol in patients hospitalized at CCU. OBJECTIVE The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of whole body massage performed by patient's companion on the level of bloo...