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. 2017 Aug;29(8):1292-1296.
doi: 10.1589/jpts.29.1292. Epub 2017 Aug 10.

The effects of aroma massage and foot bath on psychophysiological response in stroke patients

Jeong Hoon Lee  1 , Eun Kyung Seo  2 , Jae Soon Shim  3 , Sung Pil Chung  4
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The effects of aroma massage and foot bath on psychophysiological response in stroke patients

Jeong Hoon Lee et al. J Phys Ther Sci. 2017 Aug.

Abstract

[Purpose] This research aimed to examine the effects of back massage and foot bath with blended essential oil on psychophysiological response in stroke patients. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects were 14 adult stroke patients randomly divided into the experimental group (7 patients) and the control group (7 patients). Physical and psychological stress, mood state and sleep satisfaction was measured using evaluation instruments and body temperature was measured with infrared thermography (T-1000). [Results] Measurements included physical and psychological stress, and mood state of the experiment group became significantly lower than that of the control group. The body temperature and sleeping satisfaction of the experimental group became significantly higher than that of the control group. [Conclusion] The present study suggested that aroma therapy and foot bath that can be used as alternative physical therapy that offers an overall beneficial effect on psychophysiological response such as reduced stress, mood state and increased body temperature, sleeping satisfaction of stroke patients.

Keywords: Foot bath; Massage; Psychophysiological response.

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