温度刺激とマッサージ刺激による同時刺激が皮膚温度・血流へ与える影響

抄録

The reactions of skin temperature and blood flow when various stimuli are applied to the body have been investigated for many years, with numerous studies examining the effects of pressure stimulation and thermal stimulation separately. However, body reactions when different stimuli are applied to the body simultaneously have yet to be studied in detail. Therefore, we investigated changes in both blood flow and skin temperature when massage and hot and cool stimuli were applied to the body at the same time. Both blood flow volume and velocity increased with hot and cool massage stimuli. A rapid change in skin temperature compared to hot and cool stimuli without massage was subsequently observed. In addition, the magnitude of change in skin temperature was small at massage stimulus sites when hot and cool massage stimuli were applied to the body. These results suggest that hot and cool massage stimuli promote changes in skin temperature, while massage stimulus causes diffusion of the hot and cool stimuli.