- 著者
- Aya Miyatsuji Tamaki Matsumoto Sachiko Mitarai Tetsuro Kotabe Takehiro Takeshima Shigeki Watanuki
- 出版者
- Japan Society of Physiological Anthropology
- 雑誌
- Journal of PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY and Applied Human Science (ISSN:13453475)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.21, no.1, pp.67-74, 2002 (Released:2002-04-04)
- 参考文献数
- 34
- 被引用文献数
- 28 32
The present study was designed to investigate the effects of clothing skin pressures exerted by two different types of brassieres (a conventional higher skin-pressured brassiere and a newly devised low skin-pressured brassiere) on the autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity. Six healthy young women (22.8 ± 1.4 yrs.) with regular menstrual cycles participated in this study. The ANS activities were assessed by means of heart rate variability power spectral analysis. The skin pressures exerted by the brassieres were measured with an air-pack type contact surface pressure sensor at five different points. The total amount of clothing pressure, and the pressures at the center and the side regions of the brassieres were significantly greater in the high than in the low skin-pressured brassiere (Total 9816.1 ± 269.0 vs. 6436.8 ± 252.4 Pa, P<0.01; Center 2212.1 ± 336.3 vs. 353.8 ± 85.8 Pa, P<0.01; Side 2556.8 ± 316.1 vs. 1747.2 ± 199.2 Pa, P<0.05). Concerning the ANS activity, the Total power, and the very low frequency (VLF) and the high frequency (HF) components were significantly decreased in the high skin-pressured brassiere than those in the low skin-pressured brassiere (Total 531.6 ± 57.3 vs. 770.5 ± 54.2 ms2, P<0.01; VLF 60.7 ± 14.6 vs. 179.2 ± 38.1 ms2, P<0.05; HF 209.5 ± 33.2 vs. 283.2 ± 61.5 ms2, P<0.01). Our data indicate that the higher clothing pressures exerted by a conventional brassiere have a significant negative impact on the ANS activity, which is predominantly attributable to the significant decrease in the parasympathetic as well as the thermoregulatory sympathetic nerve activities. Since the ANS activity plays an important role in modulating the internal environment in the human body, excess clothing pressures caused by constricting types of foundation garments on the body would consequently undermine women's health.
- 著者
- Takahisa USHIROYAMA Chisato KIUCHI Hiroko KOMURA Tamaki MATSUMOTO Mina MORIMURA
- 出版者
- Japanese Soiety of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology
- 雑誌
- Journal of Japanese Society of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISSN:13452894)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.12, no.1-2, pp.327-335, 2007-04-30 (Released:2017-01-26)
DSM-IVによりpre-menstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)と診断された61例に対し,十分なインフォームド・コンセントの後, 36例にフルボキサミンを連続投与し,症状の変化をdaily symptom report (DSR), STAI, SDSおよびWHO QOL26にて評価し,薬剤非投与群(コントロール)と比較した.フルボキサミン投与1周期目に,気分(32.0±27.2),行動(35.9±27.9)および痛み(9.8±11.6)の黄体後期の5日間平均DSRスコアは,投与前(それぞれ55.0±31.4, 49.2±26.8,および16.7±15.5)に比べ有意に低下した(P<0.05).一方,コントロールではスコア変化はなかった. WHO QOL26では,フルボキサミン投与により,精神的項目(18.8%),身体的項目(14.2%)および社会的項目(11.7%)において有意に(それぞれP<0.01, P<0.01およびP<0.05)スコアの増加(QOL向上)が観察された.特に,「生活の質について」,「健康状態について」の質問項目では,フルボキサミンの服用で前者は1周期目に21.4% P<0.05),後者は3周期目に27.4%のスコアの増加(QOL向上)が認められた(P<0.01). PMDDに対するフルボキサミンの連続投与は,黄体期後期の気分,行動および痛みの症状を軽減させ,低下しているQOLを向上させる効果が期待できることがわかった.