EFFECTS OF ENERGY THERAPY ON PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO ACUTE STRESS [REV 9-

能量疗法对急性应激生理反应的影响 [REV 9-

• 批准号: 7608203
• 负责人: JOAN E.B. FOX
• 金额: $ 0.09万
• 依托单位: CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-04-01 至 2007-09-16
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7608203
• 关键词: Acute; Affect; Anxiety; Atherosclerosis; Blinded; Blood Coagulation Factor; Brain; Characteristics; Complementary therapies; Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects Database; Control Groups; Depressed mood; Development; Emotional; Energy Therapy; Funding; Grant; Hormonal; Hospitals; Institution; Laboratories; Mediating; Pain; Pain management; Pathway interactions; Patient Participation; Patients; Physiological; Placebos; Platelet Activation; Randomized; Reiki; Relaxation; Relaxation Therapy; Research; Research Personnel; Resources; Risk Factors; Source; Stress; Touch sensation; Traditional Medicine; Training; United States National Institutes of Health; Well in self; acute stress; base; health economics; healthy volunteer; immune function; insight; response; social; stressor; treatment effect

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Complementary therapies such as Reiki are becoming popular. Reiki is a practice used for relaxation and pain management that involves physical touch and social contact with a trained, empathetic practitioner. Unlike many relaxation therapies, Reiki requires no participation by the patient, a feature that makes Reiki particularly attractive in the hospital setting, where patients are often extremely anxious, depressed, in pain, or sedated. Our primary research questions are to determine whether physiological changes are induced during a Reiki session and whether a Reiki session affects responses to a subsequent acute stressor. Secondary research questions include assessing which benefits result from placebo, empathetic intentions, or unique abilities of ¿attuned¿ Reiki practitioners and assessing background characteristics associated with acceptance and responsiveness. Based on its use to reduce pain and anxiety, a potential mechanism by which Reiki might exert effects is at the level of affecting emotional centers of the brain with resulting decreases in activity of stress pathways. To assess these possibilities, we will perform a randomized, controlled, blinded study with three groups of 70 healthy volunteers. In Specific Aim 1, we will assess changes in physiological markers of nervous and hormonal activation, brain activity, and psychological well-being before and after a 30-min session of Reiki, as compared to control groups. In Specific Aim 2, we will assess the ability of Reiki to affect physiological markers of nervous and hormonal activation, immune function, and platelet activation an initiating factor of coagulation, a risk factor for the development of atherosclerosis, to an ensuing 5-min acute laboratory stressor. The use of supine-control and sham groups will allow us to gain insights into mechanisms by which Reiki effects are mediated. Interactions between baseline characteristics and treatment effects will be assessed. Information obtained from the proposed studies will provide detailed information on physiological pathways affected by Reiki. This information is critical if we are to make rational decisions on potential situations in which Reiki sessions may provide benefits and those in which there may be the potential for harm. Should Reiki decrease stress pathways or reduce physiological responses to stressful situations, it could be a powerful adjunct to traditional medicine and have enormous health and economic impact.

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中的一个 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目和 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金， 因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为 研究中心，而研究中心不一定是研究者所在的机构。 补充疗法，如灵气正在变得流行。灵气是一种用于放松和疼痛管理的实践，涉及与训练有素的，同情的从业者的身体接触和社会接触。与许多放松疗法不同，灵气不需要病人的参与，这一特点使得灵气在医院环境中特别有吸引力，因为病人通常非常焦虑，抑郁，疼痛或镇静。 我们的主要研究问题是确定在灵气会议期间是否会引起生理变化，以及灵气会议是否会影响对随后急性应激源的反应。 次要的研究问题包括评估安慰剂，移情意图或独特能力的效果，以及评估与接受和反应相关的背景特征。 基于其用于减少疼痛和焦虑，灵气可能发挥作用的潜在机制是影响大脑的情感中心，从而减少压力途径的活动。 为了评估这些可能性，我们将对三组70名健康志愿者进行随机、对照、盲法研究。 在具体目标1中，我们将评估与对照组相比，30分钟灵气治疗前后神经和激素激活，大脑活动和心理健康的生理标志物的变化。 在具体目标2中，我们将评估灵气影响神经和激素激活，免疫功能和血小板激活的生理标志物的能力，凝血的起始因素，动脉粥样硬化发展的风险因素，随后的5分钟急性实验室应激。 仰卧控制和假组的使用将使我们能够深入了解灵气效应的介导机制。 将评估基线特征和治疗效果之间的相互作用。 从拟议的研究中获得的信息将提供有关灵气影响的生理途径的详细信息。这些信息是至关重要的，如果我们要作出合理的决定，在潜在的情况下，灵气会议可能提供的好处和那些可能有潜在的伤害。 如果灵气减少压力途径或减少对压力情况的生理反应，它可能是传统医学的有力辅助，并对健康和经济产生巨大影响。