Effects of modified Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy on relaxation, heart rate, blood pressure and flexibility
| Autor: | Leonardo Nascimento, Rafael Kasic Alaiti, Carolina de Oliveira Souza, Ana Angélica Ribeiro de Lima, Renata Escorcio, Jecilene Rosana Costa Frutuoso, Francis Meire Fávero, Luiz Carlos de Abreu, Mariana Callil Voos, Fátima Aparecida Caromano, Mariana Cunha Artilheiro, Fabíola C. L. dos Santos |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Flexibility (anatomy) Relaxation (psychology) business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Stimulation General Medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Blood pressure Muscle relaxation Aquatic environment Internal medicine Heart rate Cardiology Physical therapy Medicine business Hydrotherapy |
| Zdroj: | International Archives of Medicine. |
| ISSN: | 1755-7682 |
| DOI: | 10.3823/1763 |
| Popis: | Background : Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy (REST) promotes physiological and behavioral changes that reduce the deleterious effects of stress. However, it requires expensive equipment and is accessible to a limited number of professionals and patients. We aimed to evaluate the physiological and behavioral effects of modified REST (mREST) in healthy young women. Method: Twenty-one healthy young women (20-25 yrs) participated. mREST consists of positioning the patient floating in the pool with 32 o C for about 15 minutes, for twelve sessions, with blindfolded and wearing earplugs. The evaluation was performed before and after the intervention. The analysis of the state of relaxation was investigated by a questionnaire and the self-reports were categorized. Measures of heart rate and blood pressure were used as indicators of the cardiovascular response. Flexibility, measured by the finger-to-floor test, was used as an indicator of muscle relaxation. Results : Heart rate and blood pressure significantly decreased while flexibility and relaxation increased after the sessions (p |
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