TY - JOUR
T1 - Visualization of Effects of Aroma Oil Massages Using NIRS
AU - Eto, Kaoru
AU - Yamazaki, Atsuko K.
AU - Sakamura, Shota
AU - Mukuda, Minoru
AU - Kabasawa, Yasuo
AU - Yoshida, Hiroko
AU - Ito, Kiyomi
AU - Ogiwara, Michie
N1 - Funding Information:
this study. This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This study aims to promote the use and quality improvement of foot care nursing. From experimental data obtained from 15 elderly subjects aged 65 or over, we visualized and examined differences in the subjects' cerebral blood flow between foot care massages using aroma oil and those without aroma oil via a near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) device. We also examined differences between male and female subjects using aroma oil, as well as differences between massages of the left and right foot, to clarify the aroma oil's relaxation effect. As a result, we confirmed that the relaxing effect of an aroma oil massage was greater than massage without aroma oil, and that the relaxing effect of an aroma oil massage for females was greater than that for males and greater for the left foot than the right.
AB - This study aims to promote the use and quality improvement of foot care nursing. From experimental data obtained from 15 elderly subjects aged 65 or over, we visualized and examined differences in the subjects' cerebral blood flow between foot care massages using aroma oil and those without aroma oil via a near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) device. We also examined differences between male and female subjects using aroma oil, as well as differences between massages of the left and right foot, to clarify the aroma oil's relaxation effect. As a result, we confirmed that the relaxing effect of an aroma oil massage was greater than massage without aroma oil, and that the relaxing effect of an aroma oil massage for females was greater than that for males and greater for the left foot than the right.
KW - aroma oil massage
KW - foot care nursing
KW - near-infrared spectroscopy
KW - relaxation
KW - visualization
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U2 - 10.1016/j.procs.2016.08.200
DO - 10.1016/j.procs.2016.08.200
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:84988891187
SN - 1877-0509
VL - 96
SP - 1535
EP - 1542
JO - Procedia Computer Science
JF - Procedia Computer Science
T2 - 20th International Conference on Knowledge Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems, KES 2016
Y2 - 5 September 2016 through 7 September 2016
ER -