Immediate results from basic royal massage with the herbal compress on heart rate variability in stressful volunteers

Abstract

The objective of this research is to study the immediate effect of the basic royal massage. Together with herbal compresses on heart rate variability in stressful volunteers. All 90 volunteers participated in this research, aged between 18-40 years, are divided into 3 groups (30 people per group), and assigned to treat with the basic royal massage, basic court massage with herbal compress, and control group without massage treatment. Volunteers participating in the research were evaluated for stress levels math test score, and the heart rate variability before and after research, 45-60 minutes duration per group. According to the research results, the basic court massage group showed significantly decreased in the systolic pressure, the heart rate (Mean HRT), and fatigue Index (P<0.05) while showed significantly increased in the function of the autonomic nervous system (ANS Activity) with statistical significance (P<0.05). No significant difference was found in the massage group with herbal compresses (P<0.05). However, the control group exhibited the significantly decreased in the physical stress index (PSI), stress Index decreased and considerably increased in stress resistance with statistical significance (P<0.05). There were no significantly difference on the activity of the autonomic nervous system (ANS Activity) and stress index, when compared between groups after the treatment (P<0.05). Therefore, there should be the further study of the basic royal massage of the royal court on the long-term heart rate variability.