A recent analysis of 8,096 clinical cases by Dr. Wang Liang reported in the 1996 China Reflexology Symposium Report of the China Reflexology Association found foot reflexology to be 93.63% effective in treating 63 disorders.
Dr. Liang found that foot reflexology proved to be:
Significantly effective (cure) in 48.68% of all cases
Effective or improvement in 44.95%
No effect in 6.37%
Dr. Liang found foot reflexology to be:
100% effective in treating seven disorders
significantly effective 50% or more of the time for twenty-two disorders
90% effective for forty-five of the disorders
The criteria for evaluation of clinical effect followed the three grades typical of modern medicine:
1. Cure or significantly effective: "A disease disappears or does not recur in a relatively long time."
2. Improvement or effective: "Most of symptoms disappear or partly disappear and the patient feels the symptoms are ameliorated and markedly improved.... If treatment stopped, the original symptoms and signs may recur."
3. No effect or ineffective: "There is no improvement of the symptoms and signs of a disease or, the improvement is very insignificant."
Liang, Wang, "An Exploration of the Clinical Indication of Foot Reflexology, A Retrospective Analysis of Its Clinical Application to 8096 Cases,"1996 China Reflexology Symposium Report, China Reflexology Association, October, 1996, Beijing
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Analysis by Order of Percentage of Significantly Effective |
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Disease |
Number of Cases |
Significantly effective |
Effective |
No effect |
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No. |
% |
No. |
% |
No. |
% |
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1. |
Vertigo |
106 |
80 |
75.47 |
21 |
19.81 |
5 |
4.72 |
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2. |
Upper respiratory tract infection and flu |
240 |
175 |
72.92 |
60 |
25 |
5 |
2.08 |
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3. |
Habitual constipation |
256 |
182 |
71.09 |
60 |
23.44 |
14 |
5.47 |
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4. |
Cardiac neurosis |
46 |
32 |
69.58 |
14 |
30.43 |
12 |
8.64 |
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5. |
Gastroenteritis |
127 |
84 |
66.14 |
35 |
27.56 |
8 |
6.30 |
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Analysis by Order of Percentage of Total Effectiveness |
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1. |
Thrombopenic purpu |
12 |
7 |
58.33 |
5 |
41.67 |
0 |
0 |
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2. |
Phrenospasm |
62 |
41 |
66.13 |
21 |
33 |
0 |
0 |
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3. |
Gastrointestinal neurosis |
24 |
11 |
45.83 |
13 |
54.17 |
0 |
0 |
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4. |
Central vertigo |
18 |
9 |
50 |
9 |
50 |
0 |
0 |
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5. |
Diabetes II |
158 |
67 |
42.41 |
91 |
57.59 |
0 |
0 |
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6. |
Thrombotic angitis |
8 |
2 |
25.00 |
6 |
75.00 |
0 |
0 |
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TOTAL |
8096 |
3941 |
48.68 |
3639 |
44.95 |
516 |
6.37 |
Analysis of Clinical Cases and Foot Reflexology
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