Effects of Grounding (Earthing) on Massage Therapists: An Exploratory Study  

作　　者：Gaétan Chevalier Sheila Patel Lizabeth Weiss Christopher Pruitt Brook Henry Deepak Chopra Paul J. Mills 

机构地区：[1]Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA [2]The Chopra Center for Wellbeing, Carlsbad, CA,USA [3]Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA,USA

出　　处：《Health》2018年第2期228-250,共23页健康（英文）

摘　　要：It is well known that massage therapists often develop a number of health problems relatively early on in their career. A preliminary study showed that grounding massage therapists during their work may alleviate some of the health problems they encounter. A doubled-blind randomized controlled trial was designed to examine the effects of working and sleeping grounded for 4 weeks on massage therapists’ blood viscosity, stress (through HRV), inflammation (IFN-γ, IL-6, TNF-α, and hsCRP) and oxidative stress (MPO and MDA) biomarkers. The results show stress reduction as measured by heart rate, respir-atory rate and hear rate variability (HRV) and a lowering effect on blood viscosity that lasted for at least one week after ungrounding, with systolic blood viscosity becoming significantly lower at the end of the study. Inflammation markers (IFN-γ, TNF-α, and hsCRP) increased rapidly, within one week, after ungrounding. The findings suggest that grounding is beneficial for massage therapists in multiple domains relevant to health and wellbeing.It is well known that massage therapists often develop a number of health problems relatively early on in their career. A preliminary study showed that grounding massage therapists during their work may alleviate some of the health problems they encounter. A doubled-blind randomized controlled trial was designed to examine the effects of working and sleeping grounded for 4 weeks on massage therapists’ blood viscosity, stress (through HRV), inflammation (IFN-γ, IL-6, TNF-α, and hsCRP) and oxidative stress (MPO and MDA) biomarkers. The results show stress reduction as measured by heart rate, respir-atory rate and hear rate variability (HRV) and a lowering effect on blood viscosity that lasted for at least one week after ungrounding, with systolic blood viscosity becoming significantly lower at the end of the study. Inflammation markers (IFN-γ, TNF-α, and hsCRP) increased rapidly, within one week, after ungrounding. The findings suggest that grounding is beneficial for massage therapists in multiple domains relevant to health and wellbeing.

关 键 词：EARTHING GROUNDING Heart Rate Variability (HRV) Blood Viscosity INFLAMMATORY Biomarkers Oxidative Stress 

分 类 号：R5[医药卫生—内科学]