background: tiredness is one of the most common complaints among pregnant women, but little attention has been paid to its importance and a way to control it. reflexology can be employed as a nursing intervention to reduce it. the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of reflexology on the tiredness intensity in pregnant women.methods: this study was carried out on 74 pregnant women...

Background & aim: Fatigue is one of the most common complaints among pregnant women. Reflexology can be used to reduce the symptoms of fatigue.The purpose of this study was to measure the impact of foot sole reflexology on the intensity of fatigue in the first half of pregnancy. Methods: This randomized clinical...

Diabetes metabolic disorders can lead to changes in connective tissue and adhesive capsulitis (AC) is one of the most common complications that occour with diabetes where it defined as pain restriction glenohumeral joint capsule causes limitation ROM shoulder. Physiotherapy has many modalities proved their role improving symptoms AC so this study was aiming Know which more effective symptoms: (...

abstract background: the most important part in experiencing and recognizing the threshold of pain is the perception of pain. reflexology is a kind of complementary therapy which is rooted in the beliefs of the community. this study was aimed to determine the effect of reflexology on pain perception aspects in patients with chronic low back pain. materials and methods: this single-blind clinica...

Background: The global cancer incidence and the number of survivors are increasing. Therefore, it is necessary to pay more attention to the side effects of treatment. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the effect of reflexology on the side effects of chemotherapy in cancer patients. Method: For finding the related articles, the researchers searched several databases including PubMed & P...

Background: Pain control is considered as the key issue in modern midwifery. Along with medical painkillers, reflexology is viewed as a non-medical and noninvasive method. Hence, we aimed to investigate the effect of reflexology on the intensity of pain and length of labor. Materials and Methods: In this clinical trial, participants included 240 Iranian primiparous women with term and singleton...

the effect of foot reflexology on anxiety in patients with coronary artery bypass surgery referred to seyed-al-shohada teaching hospital, urmia, 2012    rigi f [1] , feizi a [2] *, naseri m [3] , salehi ardabili sh [4] , bazdar p [5]     received: 16 jul , 2013 accepted: 14 sep , 2013     abstract   background & aims : one of the problems that patients with coronary artery bypass surgery encoun...