精油按摩應用於頸肩疼痛成效之初探

Effect of Massage with Essential Oil on Neck and Shoulder as a Method for Pain Relief

劉波兒(Po-Erh Liu) ； 林麗君(Li-Chun Lin) ； 江晏榆(Yan-Yu Jiang) ； 曾佳瑩(Jia-Ying Zeng) ； 林佩萱(Pei-Xuan Lin) ； 簡瑜秀(Yu-Xiu Jian) ； 林紋鳳(Wen-Feng Lin) ； 林蓉秀(Rong-Xiu Lin)

《領導護理》 9卷2期 (2008/12) Pp. 18-30

https://doi.org/10.29494/LN.200812.0003

摘要

shoulder as a method for pain relief. This study was designed with a quasiexperiment. Thirty subjects were volunteers from the staff of a university. Via purposive sampling and non-random assignment, the subjects were divided into two groups: an essential oil massage group and a carrier oil massage group. A structured questionnaire was used as a survey tool and it was comprised of four parts: basic data of the subjects, pain, neck and shoulder pain Inducingpsychophysical symptoms, and neck and shoulder pain relief. The subjects in both groups massaged their necks and shoulders for ten minutes each time and twice a week. The study lasted for one month. All statistic data were analyzed, and the levels in pain and pain relief in the two groups were compared. The results showed significant differences between the two groups (p.000), and the pain level was dramatically decreased by 50% when the neck and shoulder were massaged with essential oil a carrier for pain relief. The study proved that essential oil or a carrier oil massage could be used to relieve neck and shoulder pain.

關鍵字

精油按摩 ； 頸肩疼痛

並列摘要

shoulder as a method for pain relief. This study was designed with a quasiexperiment. Thirty subjects were volunteers from the staff of a university. Via purposive sampling and non-random assignment, the subjects were divided into two groups: an essential oil massage group and a carrier oil massage group. A structured questionnaire was used as a survey tool and it was comprised of four parts: basic data of the subjects, pain, neck and shoulder pain Inducingpsychophysical symptoms, and neck and shoulder pain relief. The subjects in both groups massaged their necks and shoulders for ten minutes each time and twice a week. The study lasted for one month. All statistic data were analyzed, and the levels in pain and pain relief in the two groups were compared. The results showed significant differences between the two groups (p.000), and the pain level was dramatically decreased by 50% when the neck and shoulder were massaged with essential oil a carrier for pain relief. The study proved that essential oil or a carrier oil massage could be used to relieve neck and shoulder pain.

並列關鍵字

essential oil massage ； neck and shoulder pain