UMIN ID: UMIN000005554
Registered date:11/05/2011
Analysis of the Physiological Mechanism of Aromatherapy by Biological Sensing Technology
Basic Information
| Recruitment status | Complete: follow-up complete |
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| Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied | young healthy adults |
| Date of first enrollment | 2011/05/01 |
| Target sample size | 50 |
| Countries of recruitment | Japan |
| Study type | Interventional |
| Intervention(s) | Control and treatment groups are set up. Fundamental researches of the physiological mechanism of the aromatherapy by various stress tasks. 1. pain stress task 2. Mental stress task 3. exercise task Short-term test: 1. Baseline, stress, essential oils massage (60 minutes), stress. 2. Baseline, stress, a rest in the relaxation room (60 minutes), stress. Long-term test: The subjects whose stress does not improve by the short-term testing are selected, and aroma massage is given to them once every two weeks for three months. |
Outcome(s)
| Primary Outcome | 1. Central nervous system activity Electroencephalograph (EEG), cerebral blood flow 2. Peripheral physiological response 1) Physiological data: Electrocardiogram, Volume pulse wave, Core body temperature, Respiratory rate, Blood pressure, Skin electrical conducitivity 2) Biochemical data (blood tests): cortisol, noradrenaline, IgA, IFN, IL-1, IL-6, WBC count, neutrophil count, lymphocyte count, CD4/8, NK cell activity 3) Basal metabolic rate 3. Psychological response POMS (profile of mood state) VAS(Visual analogue scale) Before and after three months intervention. |
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| Secondary Outcome | Stress Control |
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
| Age minimum | 18years-old |
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| Age maximum | 40years-old |
| Gender | Male and Female |
| Include criteria | |
| Exclude criteria | Inappropriate subjects for this study judged by the diagnosticians. 1. Those who have severe heart, liver or kidney disease. 2. Those who have a tendency to develop allergy by plants and perfume. 3. Those who have tested positive to an allergy test. 4. Those who received full body massage with aroma oil within one month. 5. Those who cannot agree to participate in this trial |
Related Information
| Primary Sponsor | Kobe University Graduate School of Heath Sciences |
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| Secondary Sponsor | |
| Source(s) of Monetary Support | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Advanced ICT Reserch Institute |
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Contact
| public contact | |
| Name | Tomomi Bohgaki |
| Address | 3-15-1,Nakatomigaoka, Nara-shi, Nara. Japan |
| Telephone | 0742-95-9800 |
| bohgaki@naragakuen-u.jp | |
| Affiliation | Naragakuen University Faculty of Health Sciences |
| scientific contact | |
| Name | Makoto Usami |
| Address | 7-10-2, Tomogaoka, Suma-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo, Japan Japan |
| Telephone | 078-792-2555 |
| musa@kobe-u.ac.jp | |
| Affiliation | Kobe University Graduate School of Heath Sciences Department of Biophysics Division of Nutrition and Metabolism |