Can Pain be addressed using reflexology?

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Med J Aust 1: 1051-1054 (1970)

Management of intractable pain by neural therapy.

Gerzner LF

MeSH Terms:

* Adult

* Aged

* Caffeine/therapeutic use*

* Cicatrix

* Dyspepsia/drug therapy

* Female

* Human

* Intermittent Claudication/drug therapy

* Male

* Middle Age

* Migraine/drug therapy

* Osteoarthritis/drug therapy

* Pain/therapy*

* Periarthritis/drug therapy

* Procaine/therapeutic use*

* Reflexotherapy*

* Spondylitis/drug therapy

PMID: 5430478, MUID: 70239352

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Krankenpfl Soins Infirm 86: 61-63 (1993)

Study on foot reflex zone massage. Alternative to tablets

Eichelberger G

MeSH Terms:

* Analgesia

* Bladder/physiology

* Foot

* Human

* Reflexotherapy*

PMID: 8510453, MUID: 93287641

Hippokrates 36: 465-471 (1965)

Neural medicine - a survey with an application to joint diseases

Huneke W

MeSH Terms:

* Human

* Joint Diseases/therapy*

* Reflexotherapy*

PMID: 5833162, MUID: 66014672

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Can Nurse 82: 39-41 (1986)

Reflexology

Dobbs-Zeller B

MeSH Terms:

* Aged

* English Abstract

* Female

* Foot

* Human

* Male

* Middle Age

* Neoplasms/physiopathology*

* Pain, Intractable/therapy*

* Reflexotherapy/methods*

* Terminal Care

 

PMID: 3634658, MUID: 86189470

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Authors

Heydenreich A.

Institution

Abteilung Neurologie, Wilhelm-Pieck-Universitat, Rostock.

Title

[Treatment of migraine with controlled reflex methods and stimulation

therapy]. [Review] [0 refs] [German]

Source

Zeitschrift fur Arztliche Fortbildung. 82(24):1247-9, 1988.

 

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Schweiz Med Wochenschr Suppl 62: 88-93 (1994)

Foot reflex zone massage

Kesselring A

Institut fur Pflegeforschung, Bern.

Foot reflexology is defined as massage of zones on the feet which correspond

to different parts of the body. A medline-search yielded no literature in

the field of foot reflexology. Indications for and results of foot

reflexology have been extrapolated from case-descriptions and two pilot

studies with small samples. One study (Lafuente et al.) found foot

reflexology to be as helpful to patients with headaches as medication

(flunarizine), yet foot reflexology was fraught with less side-effects than

medication. In a second study (Eichelberger et al.) foot reflexology was

used postoperatively on gynecological patients. The intervention group

showed a lesser need for medication to enhance bladder tonus than did the

control group. The literature describes foot reflexology as enhancing

urination, bowel movements and relaxation.

MeSH Terms:

* English Abstract

* Female

* Flunarizine/therapeutic use

* Foot*

* Genital Diseases, Female/surgery

* Headache/therapy

* Headache/drug therapy

* Human

* Massage/methods*

* Postoperative Complications/therapy

* Reflexotherapy/methods*

* Urination Disorders/therapy

Substances:

* Flunarizine

PMID: 8073246, MUID: 94353195

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Wa, Gao; Zhen, Wang and Xue-qin, Han, "An Investigation on Treatment of 30 Cases with Lumbar and Leg Pain Induced by Prolapse of Lumbar Intervertebral Disc," 1994 China Reflexology Symposium Report, p. 105 (Health Center for Women and Children of Inner Mongolia)

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Jianwen, Chi, "Effect of Foot Reflexo-massage on (3 cases of) Rheumatoid Arthritis," 1996 China Reflexology Symposium Report, p. 93 (Guandzhou, China)

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Zhi-xian, Ma and Jin-li, Zhang, "Foot Reflexology in the Treatment of Acromioclavicular Arthritis,"

(19)96 Beijing International Reflexology Conference (Report), p. 55

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Anxiety (Nursing home)

Thomas, Mike, "Clinical: Fancy Footwork," Nursing Times (England), Vol. 85, No. 41, October 11,

1989


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