Beneficial health effects of treatment with flotation-REST on anxiety, muscle tension pain, depression and sleep quality.
Restricted environmental stimulation therapy (REST) is a method where all the external stimuli are restricted and it is used to relieve stress, anxiety and depression, as well as improving sleep quality. During a session of flotation-REST a patient is lying face-up in a tank filled with high-buoyanc...
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| author | Małgorzata Szypłowska Adrian Kuś Konrad Gładysz Małgorzata Neścior Kamil Szpiech |
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| description | Restricted environmental stimulation therapy (REST) is a method where all the external stimuli are restricted and it is used to relieve stress, anxiety and depression, as well as improving sleep quality. During a session of flotation-REST a patient is lying face-up in a tank filled with high-buoyancy water, allowing the patient to float comfortably on the surface. The tank reduces the external stimulation and allows to achieve a state of deep relaxation. It has many potential health benefits, including reduction of stress, anxiety and depression. A few studies suggested its positive effects on sleep quality too.
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate potential positive health effects of flotation-REST.Flotation-REST treatment decreased the degree of stress, anxiety or depression, whereas the patients' optimism and sleep quality were significantly increased. The results also indicate that the most severe perceived pain intensity was significantly reduced, however low perceived pain intensity was not influenced by the floating technique.
It was concluded that flotation-REST has beneficial effects on decreasing stress, anxiety, depression and pain, therefore the method has potential as a complementary treatment of these. However, more studies are warranted to further evaluate the treatments efficacy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ea514eb509eb4141ad5304bf8f3114402022-12-21T18:15:32ZengKazimierz Wielki UniversityJournal of Education, Health and Sport2391-83062019-08-019882983410.5281/zenodo.33704246397Beneficial health effects of treatment with flotation-REST on anxiety, muscle tension pain, depression and sleep quality.Małgorzata Szypłowska0Adrian Kuś1Konrad Gładysz2Małgorzata Neścior3Kamil Szpiech4Student's Research Group at the Department of Epidemiology and Clinical, Research Methodology, Medical University of Lublin, PolandStudent's Research Group at the Department of Epidemiology and Clinical, Research Methodology, Medical University of Lublin, PolandStudent's Research Group at the Department of Epidemiology and Clinical, Research Methodology, Medical University of Lublin, PolandStudent's Research Group at the Department of Epidemiology and Clinical, Research Methodology, Medical University of Lublin, PolandStudent's Research Group at the Department of Epidemiology and Clinical, Research Methodology, Medical University of Lublin, PolandRestricted environmental stimulation therapy (REST) is a method where all the external stimuli are restricted and it is used to relieve stress, anxiety and depression, as well as improving sleep quality. During a session of flotation-REST a patient is lying face-up in a tank filled with high-buoyancy water, allowing the patient to float comfortably on the surface. The tank reduces the external stimulation and allows to achieve a state of deep relaxation. It has many potential health benefits, including reduction of stress, anxiety and depression. A few studies suggested its positive effects on sleep quality too. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate potential positive health effects of flotation-REST.Flotation-REST treatment decreased the degree of stress, anxiety or depression, whereas the patients' optimism and sleep quality were significantly increased. The results also indicate that the most severe perceived pain intensity was significantly reduced, however low perceived pain intensity was not influenced by the floating technique. It was concluded that flotation-REST has beneficial effects on decreasing stress, anxiety, depression and pain, therefore the method has potential as a complementary treatment of these. However, more studies are warranted to further evaluate the treatments efficacy.http://www.ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/7249flotation tank, flotation, flotation-rest, rest, relaxation, stress, anxiety, pain, health |
| spellingShingle | Małgorzata Szypłowska Adrian Kuś Konrad Gładysz Małgorzata Neścior Kamil Szpiech Beneficial health effects of treatment with flotation-REST on anxiety, muscle tension pain, depression and sleep quality. Journal of Education, Health and Sport flotation tank, flotation, flotation-rest, rest, relaxation, stress, anxiety, pain, health |
| title | Beneficial health effects of treatment with flotation-REST on anxiety, muscle tension pain, depression and sleep quality. |
| title_full | Beneficial health effects of treatment with flotation-REST on anxiety, muscle tension pain, depression and sleep quality. |
| title_fullStr | Beneficial health effects of treatment with flotation-REST on anxiety, muscle tension pain, depression and sleep quality. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Beneficial health effects of treatment with flotation-REST on anxiety, muscle tension pain, depression and sleep quality. |
| title_short | Beneficial health effects of treatment with flotation-REST on anxiety, muscle tension pain, depression and sleep quality. |
| title_sort | beneficial health effects of treatment with flotation rest on anxiety muscle tension pain depression and sleep quality |
| topic | flotation tank, flotation, flotation-rest, rest, relaxation, stress, anxiety, pain, health |
| url | http://www.ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/7249 |
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