두경부마사지가 중년여성들의 뇌기능 활성 및 스트레스 요인에 미치는 영향

Abstract

This study conducted a 20-minute head and neck massage twice a week for a total of 8 weeks on 12 middle-aged women. The purpose of this study was to establish basic data that can be helpful in promoting the mental health of middle-aged women by examining how the head and neck massage affects brain function activity and changes in stress factors, and the following conclusions were obtained. First, the concentration of left and right brains before and after head and neck massage of middle-aged women was statistically significantly increased (p>.01), and a positive effect on brain function activity was verified (p>.001). Second, α-amylase was statistically significantly decreased before and after head and neck massage in middle-aged women (p>.01), and a positive effect on stress factors was verified (p>.001). Therefore, head and neck massage is an exercise program that is effective for brain function activation and stress factors in middle-aged women, and it is judged that it can be used to establish basic data for health promotion of middle-aged women.