Journal of bodywork and movement therapies
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Effect of topical aerosol skin refrigerant (spray and stretch technique) on passive and active stretching.
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the use of a vapocoolant blend of pentafluoropropane and tetrafluoroethane (Gebauer's Spray and Stretch) on hip flexion stretching. ⋯ Study findings suggest that spray and stretch techniques can be an effective treatment in increasing hip flexion ROM.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Massage therapy reduces pain in pregnant women, alleviates prenatal depression in both parents and improves their relationships.
Prenatally depressed women (N=47) were randomly assigned to a group that received massage twice weekly from their partners from 20 weeks gestation until the end of pregnancy or a control group. Self-reported leg pain, back pain, depression, anxiety and anger decreased more for the massaged pregnant women than for the control group women. ⋯ Finally, scores on a relationship questionnaire improved more for both the women and the partners in the massage group. These data suggest that not only mood states but also relationships improve mutually when depressed pregnant women are massaged by their partners.