Anxiety states: A preliminary report on the value of connective tissue massage

Effects of tellington touch in healthy adults awaiting venipuncture

“…Reports in the literature indicate mixed results on touch and its relationship with changes in human BP, with researchers reporting both increases (Bauer & Dracup, 1987;Longworth, 1982;Tyler et al, 1990) and decreases (McKecknie et al, 1983). The present study supports a prior study of six tactile situations (Weiss, 1990), in which all touch interventions lowered HR and diastolic BP.…”

“…Other researchers have uncovered a wide variety of human cardiovascular responses to massage. Some investigators have noted trends toward increases in blood pressure, HR, and skin temperature (Bauer & Dracup, 1987;Longworth, 1982;Tyler, Winslow, Clark, & White, 1990), whereas others reported decreases in these same outcomes (Bauer & Dracup;McKecknie, Wilson, Watson, & Scott, 1983;Weiss, 1990). These inconsistent findings have been attributed to such variables as differences in study populations and the timing of the intervention used (Meek, 1993).…”

Investigation of The Effects of Connective Tissue Mobilisation on Quality of Life and Emotional Status in Healthy Subjects

“…McKechnie et al (1983) found that anxious patients responded favourably to CTM. Autonomic function was found to move towards a parasympathetic direction across individual measures but no significant results were shown across the whole group (n=5).…”

“…Connective tissue manipulation-related literature is mainly about its effects on autonomic responses, regard to the effectiveness of this treatment for some patients suffering from anxiety states (Diego et al, 2002;McKechnie et al, 1983). Massage therapy (MT), in contrast, was used in only one study in the literature.…”

“…McKechnie et al 1983), found that anxious patients responded favourably to CTM. Connective tissue massage has been shown to reduce tension and anxiety in a study with five subjects (McKechnie et al, 1983).…”