A pilot study to evaluate the effect of reflexology on mood and symptom rating of advanced cancer patients

Effect of Reflexology Foot Massage on Leg Cramps for Patients on Hemodialysis.

“…This finding is in harmony with Quattrin et al 2000) studies which revealed that reflexology massage improve physical activities (46,47,48,49,50) . Siev-Ner et al (2003) stated that when reflexology massage was applied 3 times for 2 weeks, it was noticed that by the end of the first week, that there was significant improvement in doing anything during the day, doing things around the house and rearranged the entire house (42) .…”

“…In relation to effect of leg cramps on social activities, results of the present study showed that, there was statistical significant improvement among the study than control group regarding leg cramps effect on social activities in the second assessment after applying three massage sessions. This finding is in harmony with Ross et al(2005) who found that reflexology massage improve physical activities and psychological status which in turn result in improving social activities (47) . Also, Lee in (2006) suggested that self -foot reflexology massage could be utilized as an effective nursing intervention to reduce depression and stress response and in turn improve psychological status and socialization (52) .…”

Methodological quality of patient-reported outcome research was low in complementary and alternative medicine in oncology

“…Six studies involved alternative medical systems [18][19][20][21][22][23], 14 involved mind body interventions [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38], 15 dealt with biologically based therapies [39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53], seven involved manipulative and body-based methods [54][55][56][57][58][59][60], and two energy therapies [61,62]. A large number of scrutinized studies (overall 495) were not included in the final selection as they were not randomized, did not use a PRO measure or the intervention was not among the list of CAM to be included.…”

A Randomized Clinical Trial of Caregiver-Delivered Reflexology for Symptom Management During Breast Cancer Treatment

“…Reflexology studies with cancer patients have had a variety of results, including reports of a significant decrease in anxiety among breast and lung cancer patients (n=23) [15], improvement in HRQOL among cancer patients in palliative care (n=12) [16], no change in depression or anxiety in a cancer palliative care sample (n=17) [17], lower anxiety (n=30) [18] and pain in two samples of patients with various cancer types (n= 23, n= 42, respectively) [19,20] decreased pain among gastric and liver cancer patients (n=30) [21]; and promotion of relaxation among post-surgical early-stage breast cancer patients (n=60) [22]. Only one large-scale study randomized study of reflexology (n=385) supported its efficacy for management of cancer-related symptoms and improving physical functioning among advanced breast cancer patients in treatment [23].…”