Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2007. / Description based on contents viewed Oct. 6, 2007; title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 42-44).

The dissertation dwells on problems of aromatherapeutic methods connected to psychological side of human, focuses on the comparison of classic and aromatherapeutic massage techniques and their influence on psychological regeneration, when women were chosen as the aim group. We can find in it a comprehensive knowledge of classic massage on the one hand, but as well as aromatherapy - it's history, definition and impacts. The indispensable part of that work is the characterization of terms related to psychological side of human, specifically with women going through menopause. I show in my work the possibility of application of aromatherapy in the context of spiritual regeneration of women. It happened to them irreplaceable and regular therapy and gained at each kind of anchoring in their lives.

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The purpose of this study is to investigate physical touch and how it effects educators and children at preschool. This is done by answering the questions, “How does educators in preschool use physical touch?” and “What are the educators purpose regarding physical touch? “ The empirical material is collected through qualitative interviews with five different educators.  The empirical evidence showed that the educators see physical touch as an important part of their and the children's everyday at preschool. Touch is used by the educators with the purpose to among others create safety, calm, better relationships and confirm the children. The touch used depends on the situation and is given on the children's terms. The result also shows that many of the educators who have worked with planned contact, such as massage, does not do it at all or to a very small extent at the present time. In the analysis, I have chosen to look at the material from an intercultural and socio-cultural perspective.

Approximately 200 million people, 5% aged 15-64 worldwide are illicit drug or substance abusers (World Drug Report, 2006). Between 2002 and 2005, an average of 8.2% of 12 year olds and older in the Miami, Fort Lauderdale metropolitan areas used illicit drugs (SAMHSA, 2007). Eight percent of pregnant women, aged 15 to 25, were more likely to have used illicit drugs during pregnancy than pregnant women aged 26 to 44. Alcohol use was 9.8% and cigarette use was 18% for pregnant women aged 15 to 44 (SAMHSA, 2005). Approximately a quarter of annual birth defects are attributed to the exposure of drugs or substance abuse in utero (General Accounting Office, 1991). Physical, psychological and emotional challenges may be present for the illicit drug/substance abuse (ID/SA) mother and infant placing them at a disadvantage early in their relationship (Shonkoff & Marshall, 1990). Mothers with low self efficacy have insecurely attached infants (Donovan, Leavitt, & Walsh, 1987). As the ID/SA mother struggles with wanting to be a good parent, education is needed to help her care for her infant. In this experimental study residential rehabilitating ID/SA mothers peer taught infant massage. Massage builds bonding/attachment between mother and infant (Reese & Storm, 2008) and peer teaching is effective because participants have faced similar challenges and speak the same language (Boud, Cohen, & Sampson 2001). Quantitative data were collected using the General Self-Efficacy and Maternal Attachment Inventory-Revised Scale before and after the 4-week intervention program. A reported result of this study was that empowering ID/SA mothers increased their self-efficacy, which in turn allowed the mothers to tackle challenges encountered and created feelings of being a fit mother to their infants. This research contributes to the existing database promoting evidence-based practice in drug rehabilitation centers. Healthcare personnel, such as nurse educators and maternal-child health practitioners, can develop programs in drug rehabilitation centers that cultivate an environment where the ID/SA rehabilitating mothers can peer teach each other, while creating a support system. Using infant massage as a therapeutic tool can develop a healthy infant and nurture a more positive relationship between mother and infant.

Syftet med denna studie var att ta reda på om en kortare massage i hemmet kan bidra med stressreducering hos kärlekspar och om en instruktionsvideo för att lära ut massage kan vara en bra metod. En kvalitativ och kvantitativ ansats har använts, även kallat mixed methods. Deltagarna var 18 personer, som alla ingick i kärleksrelationer. Inledningsvis fick de titta på en inspelad kort informationsvideo om massage för att sedan med stöd av en inspelad 20 minuter lång instruktionsvideo massera varandra på rygg och nacke. Före och efter att de gett och fått massage, skulle de också svara på en webbenkät. Resultaten från enkäten visade att stressnivån sjönk hos både de som gett (p=0,0463) och de som fått (p=0,001) massage. Av de som fått massage kände alla sig avslappnade efteråt och majoriteten (83,3%) kände sig lugna. De som gett massage kände sig även de mer lugna (77,8%) efteråt. Ingen av deltagarna uppgav att de kände sig stressade efter massagen. En instruktionsvideo visade sig, genom svaren från webbenkäten, vara en bra metod för att lära ut massage till kärlekspar. / The aim of this study was to find out if a shorter massage at home can contribute to stress reduction in love couples and if an instructional video for teaching massage can be a good method. A qualitative and quantitative approach has been used, also called mixed methods. The participants were 18 people, all of whom were involved in love relationships. Initially, the participants had to watch a recorded short information video about massage and then, with the support of a recorded 20-minute instructional video, massage each other on the back and neck. Before and after giving or receiving a massage, they also had to respond to an online survey. The results from the survey showed that the stress level decreased in both those who gave (p = 0.0463) and those who received (p = 0.001) massage. Of those who received massage, all felt relaxed afterwards and the majority (83.3%) felt calm. Those who gave massages also felt calmer (77.8%) afterwards. None of the participants stated that they felt stressed after the massage. An instructional video proved, through the answers from the web survey, to be a good method for teaching massage to love couples.

In einer randomisierten und kontrollierten Studie an 57 ambulanten Patienten mit leichter- bis mittelgradiger Depression wurden die Effekte von körperorientierten Therapieverfahren (Affektregulierende Massagetherapie und Progressive Muskelrelaxation) untersucht. Dazu wurden die Teilnehmer in Massagegruppe (MG, n=30) und Kontrollgruppe (KG, n= 27) eingeteilt. Sie erhielten eine Serie von vier wöchentlichen Einzeltherapien in den jeweiligen Verfahren. Bei jeder Behandlung wurde eine Selbstbeurteilung mittels Visueller Analogskalen durch die Teilnehmer selbst durchgeführt. Außerdem gab es eine zweimalige Fremdbeurteilung mittels standardisierter Fragebögen (HAMD und BRMS), die vor und nach der kompletten Behandlungsserie durchgeführt wurde. Es wurden zudem Vor- und Abschlussgespräche durchgeführt und schriftlich dokumentiert. In der Selbstbeurteilung mittels VAS zeigten sich signifikante Ergebnisse zugunsten der Affektregulierenden Massagetherapie. Dabei waren die Dimensionen „Innere Unruhe“, „Schmerzen“, „Psychomotorische Hemmung“ und „Negatives Körpergefühl“ besonders beachtenswert. Auch in der Fremdbeurteilung ergaben sich signifikante Veränderungen zugunsten der Affektregulierenden Massagetherapie (HAMD p=0.034, BRMS p=0.041). Die durchgeführten Abschlussgespräche ergänzten und verfestigten diese Beobachtungen. Die statistische Überlegenheit der Affektregulierenden Massagetherapie lässt sich mit neurophysiologischen, psychologischen und humoralen Effekten begründen. Dabei spielen gesteigerte Interozeption, Aktivierung von CT-Afferenzen, sowie eine verbesserte interpersonelle Resonanz und Schwingungsfähigkeit dabei die entscheidende Rolle. Die Ergebnisse erbringen neue Evidenz, dass Patienten mit leicht- und mittelgradigen Depressionen von der Behandlung mit Affektregulierender Massagetherapie (ARMT) profitieren können. / This study investigated the effects of a specially developed affect-regulating massage therapy (ARMT) versus individual treatment with a standardized relaxation procedure, progressive muscle relaxation (PMR), in 57 outpatients with depressive disorders. Patients were given one ARMT or PMR session weekly over 4 weeks. Changes of somatic and cognitive symptoms were assessed by standard psychiatric instruments (Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD) and Bech-Rafaelsen Melancholia Scale (BRMS)) as well as a visual analogue scale. Furthermore, oral statements from all participants were obtained in semi-structured interviews. The findings show clear and statistically significant superiority of ARMT over PMR. The results might be interpreted within various models. The concept of interoception, as well as the principles of body psychotherapy and phenomenological aspects, offers cues for understanding the mechanisms involved. Within a neurobiological context, the significance of C tactile afferents activated by special touch techniques and humoral changes such as increased oxytocin levels open additional ways of interpreting our findings.

The purpose of this research was to collect and analyze information from massage therapists on how they construct their identities. It is meant to be a starting point in giving voice to a group of alternative health practitioners who have been marginalized and misunderstood. It also helps us to understand what it means (to them) to be massage therapists and practitioners of "alternative medicine." This study was conducted through semi-structured interviews with five licensed massage therapists in two metropolitan areas in Florida. Massage therapists work at the micro level to boost the image of themselves and their form of "alternative" medicine. They do this by pulling professionalizing tactics from general business practices and from biomedicine. They also pull from "alternative" belief systems, balancing the two in a bid to construct their practice as legitimate and "alternative" professional health care.

Pain and distress/anxiety are likely to result from breast cancer and/or the medical treatment associated with this illness. Breast cancer researchers have focused on massage therapy and its influence on pain and distress in breast cancer patients; however, these research efforts were limited by small sample sizes, homogeneous populations, and small to medium effect sizes. This study explores the effectiveness of massage therapy for decreasing pain and distress in a larger, heterogeneous population of breast cancer patients and across all durations and frequencies of treatment by pooling the findings of former studies. The gate control theory which relates to the experience of pain, the psychotherapy theory which suggests massage acts much like psychotherapy, and the physical touch theory all suggest that massage may decrease pain and distress/anxiety. In order to be included in the meta-analysis, the study needed to be printed in English between the years 2004 and 2012, use the same variables and same method of treatment, and report an effect size or statistics that allowed for effect size calculation. The meta-analysis was quantitative and the effect sizes for each study were calculated using Comprehensive Meta-Analysis (CMA) software. CMA also calculated the overall pooled effect size. Findings indicated that individual studies showed some improvements in pain and distress after receiving treatment; however, when pooled, the results indicated that massage therapy did not significantly improve levels of pain and distress in breast cancer patients. Although findings were non significant, the use of massage therapy improved symptoms of pain and distress in breast cancer patients.

Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att undersöka om det finns vetenskapliga belägg för att massage lindrar smärta. Studien inriktades på cancer- och rygg-smärta och massagens användning som omvårdnadsåtgärd samt alternativ/komplementär smärtlindringsmetod vid just dessa tillstånd. Goodmans systematiska metod användes i modifierad form. Sammanställningen bygger på nio vetenskapliga artiklar där resultatet visar att det vetenskapliga underlaget för att massage kan användas som alternativ/komplementär smärtlindringsmetod vid cancer- och ryggsmärta är otillräckligt. Massage kan dock eventuellt användas som omvårdnadsåtgärd på kort sikt vid cancersmärta. Av resultatet att döma behövs ytterligare forskning om massage som smärtlindringmetod för att denna i framtiden ska kunna användas inom sjukvården. / The aim of this literature review was to examine if there is scientific evidence that massage relieves pain. The study focused on cancer- and back pain and the use of massage as a nursing intervention and alternative/complementary method for pain relief under these specific conditions. The systematic method by Goodman was used in a modified version. The review is based on nine scientific articles where the result shows that there is insufficient scientific evidence for the use of massage as an alternative/complementary method for pain relief among patients with cancer- and back pain. Massage can, however, possibly be used as a short term nursing intervention to cancerpatients with pain. Further research about massage as a method for relieving pain is required if it is to be used within healthcare in the future.