Research Article

Body Massage Performance Investigation by Brain Activity Analysis

Table 1

Average EEG subband power distribution of all channels for all subjects. Data is presented as mean (standard deviation).

TypeStage
PRED1D2D3D4P3P6 Type Stage Type
*stage

δ
 Hand6.81 (2.39)6.85 (2.35)7.46 (3.21)8.12 (4.11)8.82 (3.73)8.66 (3.50)9.23 (4.31)n.s.n.s. **
 Mechanical9.04 (4.33)10.16 (6.29)9.22 (4.87)8.96 (4.45)8.36 (3.47)7.60 (3.42)7.97 (3.38)
θ
 Hand4.94 (2.02)4.60 (1.93)4.70 (1.82)4.97 (2.46)5.23 (2.33)5.68 (2.22)5.93 (2.52)n.s.n.s. *
 Mechanical6.56 (3.91)6.07 (2.97)6.04 (3.36)5.81 (3.30)5.16 (2.15)5.32 (2.99)5.45 (2.96)
α
 Hand10.79 (8.24)14.57 (9.66)10.59 (7.71)8.84 (7.91)9.30 (9.69)9.49 (9.71)9.02 (9.12)n.s *** n.s
 Mechanical23.01 (21.55)23.75 (18.85)21.63 (18.17)20.78 (17.48)19.33 (16.84)13.47 (13.69)11.20 (11.69)
β
 Hand1.28 (0.99)1.54 (1.21)1.44 (1.14)1.54 (1.42)1.56 (1.31)1.50 (1.36)1.55 (1.36)n.s. *** **
 Mechanical1.47 (0.80)1.76 (1.00)1.76 (1.08)2.08 (1.45)2.07 (1.42)1.27 (0.71)1.30 (0.69)

n.s.: Not significant; * ; ** ; *** .