Foundations and development of Tui na

A Study on the Effects of Chinese Massage on Physical and Mental Health in Participants Based Smart Healthcare

“…Each exercise was followed by a Chinese massage session. This study was conducted to test the effectiveness of Chinese Tuina in restoring exercise fatigue [ 14 , 19 ] and whether it could affect the exercise performance of participants with different intensities of intermittent exercise cycles [ 17 ].…”

“…Intermittent cyclic exercise can improve health [ 8 ] in a time-saving and fast-acting manner [ 28 , 29 ]. Although it produces fatigue [ 8 , 28 ], with the help of massage, fatigue can be relieved [ 19 ], cardiovascular disease can be stabilized [ 23 ], and physiological status can be restored [ 20 ]. It was found that all subjects showed changes in body weight, blood pressure, and BMI, although there was no change in height.…”

“…Tuina, also known as Chinese massage, is one of the ancient Chinese medical and healthcare methods [ 18 ]. It is performed by using upper limbs, with techniques such as pushing, rubbing, kneading, squeezing, pressing, tapping, shaking, pulling, and acupoint massage [ 19 ] to achieve the goal of patient comfort [ 46 ]. It is the crystal of wisdom from Chinese people's labor and disease care [ 18 , 19 ].…”

“…Based on the techniques, contents, and the target of application, it can be used for medical, health promotion, and sports promotion purposes [ 18 , 19 , 47 ]. Massage is one of the techniques of Tuina.…”

“…Tuina is one of the methods of treatment and physical care from ancient China [ 18 ], of which massage is one of the techniques [ 19 ]. It can effectively relieve muscle tension, alleviate cardiovascular and visual disorders, and improve overall body quality [ 20 ].…”