Field T, Grizzle N, Scafidi F, Schanberg S
Touch Research Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33101, USA.
Adolescence. 1996 Winter;31(124):903-11.
Thirty-two depressed adolescent mothers received ten 30-minute sessions of massage therapy or relaxation therapy over a five-week period. Subjects were randomly assigned to each group. Although both groups reported lower anxiety following their first and last therapy sessions, only the massage therapy group showed behavioral and stress hormone changes including a decrease in anxious behavior, pulse, and salivary cortisol levels. A decrease in urine cortisol levels suggested lower stress following the five-week period for the massage therapy group.
32名患有抑郁症的青少年母亲在五周内接受了十次30分钟的按摩疗法或放松疗法。受试者被随机分配到每组。尽管两组在第一次和最后一次治疗后焦虑程度均有所降低，但只有按摩疗法组出现了行为和应激激素变化，包括焦虑行为、脉搏和唾液皮质醇水平下降。按摩疗法组在五周后尿皮质醇水平下降表明压力降低。
