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Holding a partner's hand at delivery helps relieve pain, study says

Holding a partner's hand at delivery helps relieve pain, study says

They say love is capable of healing anything, and science is about to confirm this theory. Research recently published in the journal Scientific Reports revealed that holding a partner's hand can really help reduce pain. The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Colorado at Bolder in the United States and the University of Haifa in Israel. The idea for this research came after Dr. Pavel Goldstein, lead author of the study and a researcher at the University of Colorado at Bolder's Laboratory of Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, witnessed the birth of his daughter.

"My wife suffered and all I could think was, 'What can I do to help her?' I held her hand and it seemed to help her, "he revealed. He then decided to test this relationship between touch and pain reduction in a laboratory. In the analysis, researchers introduced "interpersonal synchronization," a phenomenon in which people begin to reproduce physiological aspects of those with whom they coexist.

In the analysis, researchers introduced "interpersonal synchronization," a phenomenon in which people begin to reproduce physiological aspects of those with whom they coexist.

This situation occurs every day, when someone synchronizes their steps with those of the people with whom they walk or when they adjust their posture after looking at a friend who is in front of them. Research is the first to explore the issue of "interpersonal synchronization" in the context of pain and touch.

According to the results, when a couple with strong empathy give their hands, breath and heartbeat they are synchronized as the pain subsides. "The more empathic the partner, the stronger the analgesic effect and the greater the synchronization between the two when they are touching," said the researcher.

For the study, 22 heterosexual couples were recruited, aged 22-32 years, who have been together for quite some time and who have a high degree of empathy. The volunteers were placed in an environment that simulated a delivery room while physicians analyzed their heart rate and respiration rates in different situations.

Initially, the participants were checked at one time, together, but not touching . Then they were holding hands together, and finally in separate rooms.

The researchers found that when couples were allowed to hold their hand the pain decreased considerably. "It seems that pain completely disrupts this interpersonal synchronization between couples." The touch brings her back, "Goldstein commented." However, Dr. Pavel Goldstein says more research needs to be done to find out how the touch of a partner relieves pain, but he suspects that interpersonal synchronization may play a role, possibly affecting an area of ​​the brain called the anterior cingulate cortex, which is associated with pain perception, empathy, and cardiac and respiratory function. In addition, the scientist reveals that the study has flaws, since they have not explored the relationship between diminishing pain with touch could occur with same-sex couples, there is also a gap with what happens when man is the target of pain.


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