Background: Fatigue is associated with postpartum period, predicting postpartum depression and reduced self-efficacy. However, few experimental studies were conducted on postpartum fatigue and the necessary actions to reduce it. Aim: This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of foot reflexology on maternal post C-section fatigue. Methods: In this non-randomized clinical trial, 99 mothers...

the effect of foot reflexology on the outcomes of labor on primiparous moghimi hanjani s[1]*, mehdizadeh torzani z[2], shoghi m[3], ahmadi g[4] received: 20 may, 2012 accepted: 23aug, 2012 abstractbackground & aims: fear of labor pain is one of the problems that raises the rate of caesarean section in our country. midwifes can use one of the non-pharmacological pain relief methods such as refle...

OBJECTIVE This experimental, repeated-measures, crossover design study with nursing home residents examined the efficacy of reflexology in individuals with mild-to-moderate stage dementia. Specifically, the study tested whether a weekly reflexology intervention contributed to the resident outcomes of reduced physiologic distress, reduced pain, and improved affect. SETTING The study was conduc...

abstract background: fatigue is the most common and highly disabling symptom of multiple sclerosis (ms) that has negative effects on employment, the process of socialization, compliance with the disease, and other factors effective on activities of daily living. the usage of complementary and alternative medicine methods in ms patients is higher than in the general population. however, there is...

Objective. The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate and compare the effects of reflexology and Swedish massage therapy on physiologic stress, pain, and mood in older cancer survivors residing in nursing homes. Methods. An experimental, repeated-measures, crossover design study of 18 nursing home residents aged 75 or over and diagnosed with solid tumor in the past 5 years and following...

Abstracts from the Poster Session of the 2016 American Massage Therapy Association National Conventions from the Poster Session of the 2016 American Massage Therapy Association National Convention EFFECt oF MASSAgE thERApy oN thE pRopRioCEptivE SyStEM oF AN AutiStiC Child—A CASE Study Rachel Benbow, LMT, BA, MLIS Introduction: Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often have an underdeve...

OBJECTIVES To explore the efficacy of reflexology on acute pain induced in healthy human subjects using a sham TENS control. DESIGN An ice-pain experiment was undertaken in which the volunteers (n = 15; 11 female and 4 male with a mean ± SEM age of 37.7 ± 2.6 years) were required to immerse their non-dominant hand in a container of ice-slurry whilst two indices of pain, i.e. threshold, (the t...