著者

中田 弘子 三輪 早苗 田淵 知世 小林 宏光

出版者

日本生理人類学会

雑誌

日本生理人類学会誌 (ISSN:13423215)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.23, no.1, pp.9-16, 2018 (Released:2018-04-20)

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This study aimed to use near infrared spectroscopy to demonstrate the effect of hand massages on cerebral activity. The subjects were 16 healthy female students between the ages of 18 and 40. All subjects were given 10-minute hand massages, primarily effleurage. During these sessions, prefrontal cortex oxy-hemoglobin concentrations (oxy-Hb) were continuously monitored and the results were compared with those of the control condition. Significantly lower oxy-Hb concentrations were recorded during the first five minutes of the massage session than that of the control condition. This suggests the possibility that a hand massage of about five minutes could be a patient care method that calms the activity of the prefrontal cortex and obtains a subjective relaxation effect.