Jung Geum-Sook, Choi In-Ryoung, Kang Hee-Young, Choi Eun-Young
1 Department of Nursing, Hanlyo University , Gwangyang-si, Republic of Korea.
2 Department of Nursing, Seonam University , Namwon, Republic of Korea.
J Altern Complement Med. 2017 Oct;23(10):787-793. doi: 10.1089/acm.2016.0362. Epub 2017 Jul 17.
This study aims to investigate the effects of meridian acupressure massage on body composition, edema, stress, and fatigue in postpartum women.
A quasi-experimental design with a nonequivalent control group was utilized.
SETTINGS/LOCATION: The Postpartum Care Center of Women's Hospital in Gwangju City, Republic of Korea.
The study group consisted of 39 postpartum women, 19 in the experimental group and 20 in the control group, recruited from the postpartum care center of Women's Hospital in Gwangju city, South Korea.
The experimental group was provided with meridian acupressure massage for 90 min daily over 5 days as an experimental therapy.
Body composition (body weight, BMI, total body water, ECW ratio, LBM, and body fat) Edema (subjective edema, average girth of the upper limbs, and average girth of the lower limbs), Stress (psychological stress and physical stress), and Fatigue.
The experimental group demonstrated a significantly larger decrease compared with the control group in measures of body composition, edema, total subjective stress, psychological stress, and subjective fatigue.
Meridian acupressure massage can hasten the return to original body composition after childbirth.
本研究旨在探讨经络指压按摩对产后女性身体成分、水肿、压力和疲劳的影响。
采用非等效对照组的准实验设计。
设置/地点：韩国光州市女子医院产后护理中心。
研究组由39名产后女性组成，其中19名在实验组，20名在对照组，从韩国光州市女子医院产后护理中心招募。
实验组接受为期5天、每天90分钟的经络指压按摩作为实验疗法。
身体成分（体重、体重指数、总体水、细胞外液比率、瘦体重和体脂肪）、水肿（主观水肿、上肢平均周长和下肢平均周长）、压力（心理压力和身体压力）以及疲劳。
与对照组相比，实验组在身体成分、水肿、总主观压力、心理压力和主观疲劳指标上的下降幅度明显更大。
经络指压按摩可加速产后身体恢复到原来的身体成分状态。
