A Comparison of Effectiveness of Dohsa‐hou and the Alexander Technique on Happiness, Social Adjustment, Hope, Mental Health, and Quality of Life in Patients with Parkinson's Disease

Kamali, Tahereh Pour; Yazdkhasti, Fariba; Oreyzi, Hamidreza; Chitsaz, Ahmad

doi:10.1111/jpr.12184

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“…Within Japan, Dohsa-hou has developed with many of these characteristics in mind, especially in applications that were implemented for depression ( Koga, 2001 ), anxiety ( Ikeda, 2001 ), schizophrenia ( Tsuru, 1993 ; Kamikura et al, 2020 ), interpersonal engagement in the form of joint attention to task performance and other-related recognition ( Kawano and Fujino, 2021 ), and decreases in maladaptive behaviors and internalizing symptoms among individuals with developmental conditions ( Fujino, 2017 ). Outside of Japan, the main themes have also appeared in comparisons between Dohsa-hou and the effectiveness of a similarly described movement-mediated approach to body awareness in the form of the Alexander Technique ( Pour Kamali et al, 2018 ). In a study by Pour Kamali et al (2018) , this comparison was successfully conducted in a clinical population with outcomes related to mental health and social adjustment in terms of interpersonal functioning.…”

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“…Outside of Japan, the main themes have also appeared in comparisons between Dohsa-hou and the effectiveness of a similarly described movement-mediated approach to body awareness in the form of the Alexander Technique ( Pour Kamali et al, 2018 ). In a study by Pour Kamali et al (2018) , this comparison was successfully conducted in a clinical population with outcomes related to mental health and social adjustment in terms of interpersonal functioning. The study observed effectiveness in favor of Dohsa-hou for improving levels of subjective happiness and hope with university students ( Pour Kamali et al, 2018 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In a study by Pour Kamali et al (2018) , this comparison was successfully conducted in a clinical population with outcomes related to mental health and social adjustment in terms of interpersonal functioning. The study observed effectiveness in favor of Dohsa-hou for improving levels of subjective happiness and hope with university students ( Pour Kamali et al, 2018 ). Across findings in clinical and community settings, Dohsa-hou especially leverages the experience of motor resonance as a form of self-control and the use of the movement tasks for deliberately enacted physical relaxation as behavioral activation, which contributes to the regulation of daily life functioning ( Haramaki et al, 2019 ), and the management of stress responses ( Abe et al, 2019 ; Kuwashima and Yoshikawa, 2020 ).…”

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Experimental Manipulation of Guided Attention to the Shoulder Movement Task in Clinical Dohsa-hou Induces Shifts in the Reactive Mode and Indicates Flexible Cognitive Control Performance

2022

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The empirical basis for self-control in Dohsa-hou as it relates to effects on cognitive processes has been explored in a few studies of the Japanese psychotherapy, but not under standardized conditions with a strong predictive theory of control. This study reports on a series of experiments with the Dual Mechanisms of Control framework to clarify the possible regulatory mechanism of Dohsa-hou by focusing on shoulder movement, a key body movement task used by practitioners across applied settings. Cognitive control was operationalized with the AX version of Continuous Performance Test (AX-CPT) paradigm for proactive control and a modified Stroop task paradigm for reactive control in a 3-arm parallel group trial study design. Healthy Japanese university students were assigned to a Dohsa-hou group that performed a shoulder movement task for few minutes, an active control group that performed a similar task, or a passive control group comprised of a resting condition. A total of 55 participants performed the AX-CPT and 57 participants performed the modified Stroop task before and after the group manipulation. In the AX-CPT, an increase in the error rate of AY (true cue-false probe) trial from pre- to post-test was observed in the passive control group only, and found to be marginally higher in the passive control group relative to Dohsa-hou group at post-test. This indicated that Dohsa-hou moderated the activation of proactive control by repeated AX-CPT performance. The error rate of the Proactive Behavioral Index did not differ from zero at post-test only in the Dohsa-hou group, indicating flexible cognitive control. In the modified Stroop task, there was no difference between congruent and incongruent trials at post-test for the Dohsa-hou group only, indicating the facilitation of reactive control. The evidence for a balancing effect for the Dohsa-hou-based shoulder movement task indicates that clients experience a form of continuous self-monitoring, which might reduce mind-wandering from their focus on movement execution combined with iterative verbal feedback from the therapist. Overall, the results of the present study suggest that the self-regulatory mechanism promoted in clinical Dohsa-hou emphasizes guided shifts in attention to the reactive mode toward a balance of cognitive control.

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