@article{Thanarat Sripongngam_Wichai Eungpinichpong_2017, title={EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT DURATION OF TRADITIONAL THAI MASSAGE ON PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM}, volume={11}, url={https://geomatejournal.com/geomate/article/view/2802}, abstractNote={<p>Routine practice of TTM may last 1 - 2 hours depending on available time of clients. We doubt<br>that 1 hour and 2 hours may yield different results. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the<br>immediate effects of different duration of treatment of traditional Thai massage (TTM) on stress, heart rate<br>variability (HRV) and autonomic nervous system (ANS) function. Seventeen healthy participants were<br>randomly allocated to receive either 1 hour of TTM (1-TTM) group or 2 hour of TTM (2-TTM) group after<br>which they were swabbed to receive the other one with a 2 – week washed out period. Stress, HRV, and ANS<br>function were measured before and immediately after the TTM treatment. Within-groups comparison<br>demonstrated that stress index was decreased (p<0.05) in both groups. Stress resistance, the standard deviation<br>of the normal-to-normal intervals (SDNN) and root mean square of successive differences (RMSSD) were<br>increased (p<0.05) in both groups. Low frequency per high frequency (LF/HF) ratio was decreased (p<0.05) in<br>1-TTM group. HF and ANS activity were increased (p<0.05) in 1-TTM group whereas LF and ANS balance<br>status were not changed in both groups. However, all of them were not significant difference for between<br>groups comparison. We concluded that a single session of either 1 or 2 hours of TTM could decrease stress and<br>increase heart rate variability whereas only the 1-hour TTM could increase ANS function.<br><br></p>}, number={28}, journal={GEOMATE Journal}, author={Thanarat Sripongngam and Wichai Eungpinichpong}, year={2017}, month={Dec.}, pages={2883–2887} }