We investigated whether slower velocity of arm movement affects grip-force generation in conditions with the finger touch provided to the wrist of the target arm. Nine subjects performed the task of lifting and transporting an object at slow, intermediate, and fast velocities with a light finger touch from the contralateral arm and without it. There was an effect of velocity of arm movement on ...

A questionnaire surveying patients' experiences of and attitudes toward physical contact in psychotherapy was used to test and extend Gelb's (1982) identification of four factors associated with patients' positive and negative evaluations of touch in psychotherapy: (1) clarity regarding boundaries of therapy; (2) congruence of touch; (3) patient's perception of being in control of the physical ...

Purpose Biofield therapies, e.g. External Qigong, Healing Touch, Johrei, Reiki and Therapeutic Touch, commonly combine physical touch and non-physical contact to stimulate healing. Interpretation of such healing as mediated via electromagnetic and/or other types of biofield(s) is confounded by findings that light touch can lessen stress and reduce pain. The present review of human RCTs that rep...

Quasi experimental one group pre test and post test design was adopted for the present study conducted at St.Joseph old age home, Coimbatore. Using purposive sampling technique 28 subjects, who had mild and moderate depression were selected by using Geriatric depression scale. Therapeutic Touch procedure was administered for each elderly over a month period. After the intervention, the level of...