긴장성 두통과 신체적 피로에 대한 두경부 경락마사지의 효과

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of head reflexology on headache, physical tiredness, blood pressure and pulse frequency of female teachers. For that purpose, tests were taken with two groups; experiment group group(referred to as group A) was treated with head reflexology and control group group(referred to as group B) had a rest on beds without getting head reflexology. People in the two groups were selected by the random sampling method for the comparative test. Average and standard deviation of measured items of the group A and the group B were calculated by paired-t test, and the difference between pre-test value and post-test value was compared, and the result is as follows. 1. As for the degree of headache(VAS), the value of the group A was 3.86 before the head reflexology treatment and 2.20 after the treatment, which showed there was statistically significant difference with the group A. 2. As for physical tiredness, the value of the group A was 21.06 before the head reflexology treatment and 14.60 after the treatment, whereas the value of the group B increased by 0.27, which showed there was statistically significant difference with the group A. 3. As for blood pressure, contraction pressure of the group A was 111.85mmHg before the head reflexology treatment and 106.63mmHg after the treatment, and expansion pressure of them was 67.29mmHg before the head reflexology treatment and 64.74mmHg after the treatment, which showed there was statistically significant difference in contraction pressure of the group A. There was no statistically significant difference in contraction pressure of the group B. With regard to expansion pressure, no statistically significant difference was found in the group A and B. 4. As for pulse frequency, the value of the group A was 64.75(pulse/minute) before the head reflexology treatment and 62.89(pulse/minute) after the treatment, which was a reduction of 1.96(pulse/minute) and it was statistically significant difference.