Why the study?
Does Ayurvedic Abhyanga massage reduce subjective stress experience and lower heart rate and blood pressure?
Does Ayurvedic Abhyanga massage reduce subjective stress experience and lower heart rate and blood pressure?
Ayurvedic Abhyanga massage may be a promising complementary approach to reduce subjective stress, heart rate, and blood pressure, particularly in prehypertensive individuals.
Hypothesis-generating for Abhyanga in stress reduction; larger RCTs needed before any practice consideration.
Findings indicate that Abhyanga massage is promising in reducing subjective stress experience. It may be beneficial in lowering HR in all, and BP in prehypertensive subjects. The results of this pilot study encourage further research with more stringent methodology.
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