The use of massage in restoring cardiac rhythm.
There is a growing body of research that connects heart rate and massage. These variously associate massage with reduced cardiac rate, lowered blood pressure, decreased anxiety and increases in relaxation and a sense of well-being. Dunbar and Redick looked specifically at back massage following myocardial infarction and Weiss reports a correlation between touch and heart rate during tracheal suctioning. This paper describes how massage was used to restore cardiac rhythm from a state of atrial fibrillation in one patient.
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D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008405:Massage; D008875:Middle Aged