NCT01351402

Effects of Massage Versus Rest on Hormones

Investigating the Effects of Massage vs. Rest on Oxytocin, ACTH, and B-endorphins

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 95 (actual)
• Sponsor: Claremont Graduate University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study will investigate the effects of 15 minutes of massage compared to 15 minutes of quiet rest on physiological variables. Specifically, the investigators will measure the effects on levels of the social hormone oxytocin, and on other physiological variables that interact with oxytocin or that may be influenced by massage (including ACTH, Beta-endorphin, and IL-1alpha). The investigators will also investigate whether, in the case of hormones changes, these influence social decision making.

Detailed description

Interested participants will have the experiment explained both verbally and in writing, and asked to give their informed consent in writing. After consent, the participants will be led to a private room for their first 30ml blood draw by a qualified phlebotomist. Participants will then have a second 30ml blood draw.

Conditions

• Massage
• Rest

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Massage or Rest	Participants either received 15 minutes of moderate pressure Swedish massage on the upper back, or rested quietly sitting in a chair for 15 minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-06-01
• Primary completion: 2006-08-01
• Completion: 2007-01-01
• First posted: 2011-05-10
• Last updated: 2011-05-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States