IJCRRI Journ Cur Res ReInternational Journal of Current Research and ReviewI Journ Cur Res Re2231-21960975-5241Radiance Research Academy2029HealthcareBENEFICIAL EFFECT OF CAROTID SINUS MASSAGE MalhotraVarunVShankarappa.DhawanVikramBhaskharVijayGangaJaiAdhlakhaAadharPatilRaj KumarNSrinivasaragavan28122011)136140This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 20092009This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.

This study is designed to see the change on heart rate after the carotid sinus massage. The normal person taken as a subject for this study. The subject asked to lie down, with fully extended and the head turned away from the side being massaged. The radial pulse was recorded. Then gently touches the carotid sinus on one side for 5 seconds. The massage will repeated on other side. The radial pulse was recorded again. The pulse rate dropped from73.4 ---PlusMinusSymbol--- 7.7 to 64.1 ---PlusMinusSymbol--- 8.3(Figure 2). The change is significant at p