Background and purpose: Pain and fatigue are among the complications after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). Non- pharmacological methods are more favorable than pharmacological agents. This study assessed the effects of foot reflexology massage on pain and fatigue in patients after CABG. Materials and methods: A randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted in 80 patients hosp...

Background and purpose: Pain after amputation have several outcomes including disability, reduced quality of life and reduces the ability of communication with others. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of foot reflexology on pain in patients after lower limb amputation. Materials and methods: A clinical trial was conducted in patients undergoing amputation in Isfahan Al-Zahra ...

Introduction & Objective:Stroke is the leading cause of disability in adults and the 6th cause of diseases burden, globally. Different methods such as methods of alternative medicine can help nurses to improve patients’ health. Foot reflexology massage is one of the techniques that can be used. The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of this method on physiological parameters of pa...

Aim and Background : pain is a complication after spinal surgery. Because of non.pharmacological methods are the preferred pharmacological agent therefore the purpose of this study was assessment of effect of foot Reflexology on pain in scoliosis patients undergoing spinal surgery. Methods and Materials : this study was a randomized controlled trial, conducted on 56 scoliosis patients undergoin...

Introduction: One of the major problems of patients after orthopedic surgeries is acute pain. Therefore, the present study was conducted  to evaluate the effect of foot reflexology massage on pain in patients undergoing tibia plaque surgery. Method: The current study is a randomized clinical trial study in which 96 patients who were candidates for tibia plaque surgery referred to Imam Ali Hosp...

  Introduction: Reflexology is one of the diagnostic, non-invasive methods of complementary medicine which leads to release the energy blocked paths all over the body and consequently improving the body circulation. Reflexology has analgesic and anti-anxiety effects but there are some contradictory evidences regarding the effects of reflexology on physiologic parameters. The present study has b...