Because abdominal massage is an intimate interaction,the massage therapist needs to be sensitive. It is important to create conditions where a trusting relationship can be enhanced between the therapist and the participant. It would be unethical to give massage to a person that does not feel comfortable with the situation; the participant should feel comfortable with the therapist and with being touched on body parts that normally belong to the private sphere. If the effect, as proposed (cf. Moyer et al., 2004),depends on parasympathetic activity, there would not be any effect of massage if the receiver felt uncomfortable or threatened depending on activation of the sympathetic division. Perhaps the trusting relationship itself is the counterpart of the effects of abdominal massage, a relationship where the receiver feels his/her constipation problem is being taken seriously. However, Harrington and Haskvitz (2006) and Liu et al. (2005) found effects of abdominal massage performed by the participants themselves,which indicates that the massage component can also have an effect.
Because abdominal massage is an intimate interaction,the massage therapist needs to be sensitive. It is important to create conditions where a trusting relationship can be enhanced between the therapist and the participant. It would be unethical to give massage to a person that does not feel comfortable with the situation; the participant should feel comfortable with the therapist and with being touched on body parts that normally belong to the private sphere. If the effect, as proposed (cf. Moyer et al., 2004),depends on parasympathetic activity, there would not be any effect of massage if the receiver felt uncomfortable or threatened depending on activation of the sympathetic division. Perhaps the trusting relationship itself is the counterpart of the effects of abdominal massage, a relationship where the receiver feels his/her constipation problem is being taken seriously. However, Harrington and Haskvitz (2006) and Liu et al. (2005) found effects of abdominal massage performed by the participants themselves,<br>這表明按摩組件也可具有的效果。
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