effect of lying in prone position on blood pressure and heart rate with and without massage

ABSTRACT

Background: At the present time, massage has become a popular therapy employed in complementary medicine. There is evidence showing that back massage might have many positive psychological effects, possibly due to having many autonomic nervous system afferent inputs. One of the frequent positions during massage is prone position. However, there has been limited research investigating the effect of back massage in the prone position on blood pressure [BP] and heart rate [HR]. The present study planned to investigate the changes of blood pressure and heart rate after back massage in prone position