Moderate pressure massage therapy

Tiffany M Field

doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-6418-5_22

Moderate pressure massage therapy

Tiffany M Field

Pediatrics

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Abstract

This chapter is a review of representative data (not an exhaustive review) on moderate pressure massage therapy effects and potential underlying mechanisms for those effects. They include (1) weight gain in preterm infants, (2) pain reduction and potential underlying mechanisms for pain reduction following massage, (3) enhanced attention, (4) reduced depression and its EEG correlates, and (5) enhanced immune function. Moderate pressure massage is necessary for these effects which, in turn, may be mediated by increased vagal activity and reduced cortisol. The fMRI data from one study suggest that touch when combined with movement simulates findings on other rewarding pleasant touch.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Affective Touch and the Neurophysiology of CT Afferents
Publisher	Springer New York
Pages	385-396
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9781493964185
ISBN (Print)	9781493964161
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6418-5_22
State	Published - Jan 1 2016

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Keywords

Cortisol
Depression
Moderate pressure massage
Vagal activity
Weight gain

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Medicine(all)
Neuroscience(all)
Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
Psychology(all)

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Field, T. M. (2016). Moderate pressure massage therapy. In Affective Touch and the Neurophysiology of CT Afferents (pp. 385-396). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6418-5_22

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