Field T M
Touch Research Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33101, USA.
Am Psychol. 1998 Dec;53(12):1270-81. doi: 10.1037//0003-066x.53.12.1270.
Massage therapy is older than recorded time, and rubbing was the primary form of medicine until the pharmaceutical revolution of the 1940s. Popularized again as part of the alternative medicine movement, massage therapy has recently received empirical support for facilitating growth, reducing pain, increasing alertness, diminishing depression, and enhancing immune function. In this article studies are reviewed that document these effects, and models are proposed for potential underlying mechanisms.
按摩疗法的历史比有记录的时间还要悠久，在20世纪40年代药物革命之前，摩擦是主要的治疗方式。作为替代医学运动的一部分，按摩疗法再度流行起来，最近已有实证支持其具有促进生长、减轻疼痛、提高警觉性、缓解抑郁及增强免疫功能的作用。本文回顾了证明这些效果的研究，并提出了潜在作用机制的模型。
