Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Conceptual Framework and Effective Factors of External Applications

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
The Healing Power of Touch – Guidelines for Nurses and Practitioners

Abstract

This chapter presents the conceptual framework for understanding the effective factors of external applications used in pediatric care. Anchored in the historical origins of external applications within traditional and complementary medicine, the subsections of the chapter focus on the definition of health according to a holistic approach and on positive health promotion according to salutogenetic principles. The individual needs of young patients, parents, and caregivers in health promotion are discussed as another framework. This chapter also provides insight into the broad spectrum of effective factors of external applications with special importance attached to interpersonal attention and interpersonal touch for health development and health promotion, as well as the chemical and physical effective factors of the applications themselves.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 69.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Sonn A (2004) Pflegepraxis: Wickel und Auflagen: Alternative Pflegemethoden erfolgreich anwenden [Wraps and compresses. Using alternative care methods successfully]. Thieme

    Google Scholar 

  2. Kienle GS, Albonico H-U, Baars E, Hamre HJ, Zimmermann P, Kiene H (2013) Anthroposophic medicine: an integrative medical system originating in Europe. Global Adv Health Med 2(6):20–31. https://doi.org/10.7453/gahmj.2012.087

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Stritter W, Rutert B, Eidenschink C, Eggert A, Längler A, Holmberg C, Seifert G (2021) Perception of integrative care in paediatric oncology-perspectives of parents and patients. Complement Ther Med 56:102624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctim.2020.102624

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Brown CK (1998) The integration of healing and spirituality into health care. J Interprof Care 12(4):373–381. https://doi.org/10.3109/13561829809024944

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Krenner L (2019) Integrative medicine - rediscovering wholeness. In: Frass M, Krenner L (eds) Integrative medicine. Elsevier, Philadelphia, pp 3–21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48879-9_1

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  6. Nordenfelt L (2017) On concepts of positive health. In: Schramme T, Edwards S (eds) Handbook of the philosophy of medicine. Springer, Dordrecht, pp 29–43. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8688-1_2

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  7. Hawks S (2004) Spiritual wellness, holistic health, and the practice of health education. Am J Health Educ 35(1):11–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/19325037.2004.10603599

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Antonovsky A (1996) The salutogenic model as a theory to guide health promotion. Health Promot Int 11(1):11–18. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/11.1.11

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Heusser P (1999) Academic research in anthroposophic medicine. Example of hygiogenesis: natural and spiritual scientific approaches to the self-healing power of the human being. Peter Lang

    Google Scholar 

  10. Kaptchuk TJ (2002) The placebo effect in alternative medicine: can the performance of a healing ritual have clinical significance? Ann Intern Med 136(11):817–825. https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-136-11-200206040-00011

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  11. Weimer K, Gulewitsch MD, Schlarb AA, Schwille-Kiuntke J, Klosterhalfen S, Enck P (2013) Placebo effects in children: a review. Pediatr Res 74(1):96–102. https://doi.org/10.1038/pr.2013.66

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  12. Catanzaro AM (2002) Beyond the misapprehension of nursing rituals. Nurs Forum 37(2):17–27. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-6198.2002.tb01194.x

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  13. Bullinger M (2002) Assessing health related quality of life in medicine. An overview over concepts, methods and applications in international research. Restor Neurol Neurosci 20(3–4):93–101

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  14. Levin DL, Todres ID (2006) History of pediatric critical care. In: Fuhrman BP, Zimmerman JJ (eds) Pediatric critical care. Elsevier, Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-01808-1.X5001-9

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  15. Sullivan M (2003) The new subjective medicine: taking the patient's point of view on health care and health. Soc Sci Med 56(7):1595–1604. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00159-4

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  16. Harrison TM (2010) Family-centered pediatric nursing care: state of the science. J Pediatr Nurs 25(5):335–343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2009.01.006

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  17. Taylor SE, Master SL (2010) Social responses to stress: the tend and befriend model. In: Contrada R, Baum A (eds) The handbook of stress science: biology, psychology, and health. Springer, New York, pp 101–109

    Google Scholar 

  18. Beckes L, Coan JA (2011) Social baseline theory: the role of social proximity in emotion and economy of action. Soc Personal Psychol Compass 5(12):976–988. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-9004.2011.00400.x

    Article  Google Scholar 

  19. Montagu A (1971) Touching: the human significance of the skin. Columbia University Press, New York

    Google Scholar 

  20. Field T (2010) Touch for socioemotional and physical Well-being: a review. Dev Rev 30(4):367–383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2011.01.001

    Article  Google Scholar 

  21. Pawling R, Cannon PR, McGlone FP, Walker SC (2017) C-tactile afferent stimulating touch carries a positive affective value. PLoS One 12(3):1–15. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173457

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  22. Detillion CE, Craft TKS, Glasper ER, Prendergast BJ, DeVries AC (2004) Social facilitation of wound healing. Psychoneuroendocrinology 29(8):1004–1011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2003.10.003

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  23. Eliava M, Melchior M, Knobloch-Bollmann HS, Wahis J, da Silva Gouveia M, Tang Y, Ciobanu AC, Triana del Rio R, Roth LC, Althammer F, Chavant V, Goumon Y, Gruber T, Petit-Demoulière N, Busnelli M, Chini B, Tan LL, Mitre M, Froemke RC et al (2016) A new population of parvocellular oxytocin neurons controlling magnocellular neuron activity and inflammatory pain processing. Neuron 89(6):1291–1304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2016.01.041

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  24. Field T, Hernandez-Reif M, Diego M, Schanberg S, Kuhn C (2005) Cortisol decreases and serotonin and dopamine increase following massage therapy. Int J Neurosci 115(10):1397–1413. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207450590956459

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  25. Uvnäs-Moberg K (1998) Oxytocin may mediate the benefits of positive social interaction and emotions. Psychoneuroendocrinology 23(8):819–835. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0306-4530(98)00056-0

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  26. Holt-Lunstad J, Birmingham WA, Light KC (2008) Influence of a "warm touch" support enhancement intervention among married couples on ambulatory blood pressure, oxytocin, alpha amylase, and cortisol. Psychosom Med 70(9):976–985. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0b013e318187aef7

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  27. Field T (2019) Pediatric massage therapy research: a narrative review. Children 6(6):78. https://doi.org/10.3390/children6060078

    Article  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  28. Bertram M, Ostermann T, Matthiessen PE (2005) Exploring Wegman/Hauschka rhythmic rubs. A structural phenomenological investigation. Nursing 18(4):227–235. https://doi.org/10.1024/1012-5302.18.4.227

    Article  Google Scholar 

  29. Gündling A, Gündling PW (2011) Aromatherapy in pediatrics. Erfahrungsheilkunde 60(03):158–164

    Article  Google Scholar 

  30. Lee SJ, Depoortere I, Hatt H (2019) Therapeutic potential of ectopic olfactory and taste receptors. Nat Rev Drug Discov 18(2):116–138. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41573-018-0002-3

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  31. Wölfle U, Elsholz FA, Kersten A, Haarhaus B, Müller WE, Schempp CM (2015) Expression and functional activity of the bitter taste receptors TAS2R1 and TAS2R38 in human keratinocytes. Skin Pharmacol Physiol 28(3):137–146. https://doi.org/10.1159/000367631

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Inga Mühlenpfordt & Georg Seifert

Authors
  1. Inga Mühlenpfordt
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Georg Seifert
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Inga Mühlenpfordt .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Pediatrics Division of Oncology and Hematology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Georg Seifert

  2. Department of Integrative Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Herdecke, University of Witten, Herdecke, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

    Alfred Längler

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2022 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

Mühlenpfordt, I., Seifert, G. (2022). Conceptual Framework and Effective Factors of External Applications. In: Seifert, G., Längler, A. (eds) The Healing Power of Touch – Guidelines for Nurses and Practitioners. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85507-9_2

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85507-9_2

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-030-85506-2

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-030-85507-9

  • eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation