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KMID : 1145120160140010058
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Asian Journal of Beauty and Cosmetology
2016 Volume.14 No. 1 p.58 ~ p.64
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The Effects of Meridian Massage on Stress and Brain Activation of Middle-aged Women
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Park Byung-Nam
Hong Seong-Gyun
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Abstract
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Purpose: If our nerve cells are in a state of excitement because of internal and external reasons, secreted hormones, such as adrenaline, increase alertness and stress in brain. Thus, we aimed to investigate effects of meridian massage on stress and brain activation of middle-aged women.
Methods: There is still a lack of previous studies on meridian massage though it is widely used by researchers. So, we estimated electroencephalogram (EEG) before and after meridian massage targeting middle-aged women from February 2015.
Results: The EEG results of the post-test are below. First, there was a significant effect of reducing the stress level in the middle-aged women using meridian massage (p<.05). Second, there was a significant effect of reducing variation in brain activation of a middle-aged women using meridian massage (p<.001).
Conclusion: We demonstrated that meridian massage had effects on stress and brain activation of middle-aged women.
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KEYWORD
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Middle-aged women, EEG, Stress, Meridian massage, Brain activation
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