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From: Standardized massage interventions as protocols for the induction of psychophysiological relaxation in the laboratory: a block randomized, controlled trial

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Changes in subjective relaxation ratings across the experiment in the three different experimental conditions vagus nerve massage (VNM; n = 19), soft shoulder massage (SSM; n = 22) and resting control group (RCG; n = 19). The intervention interval is shaded. Values are depicted as means ± SE. Time represents the within subject factor in the mixed Analysis of Variance. * indicates p < 0.001 in a post-hoc t-test comparing the timepoints pre intervention and post intervention across all experimental groups.

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