Clinical trials: Reflexology
Pain, Procedural, Pain, Acute
Effect of Reflexology on Pain Management in Newborns
Introduction: Approximately 10-14 painful procedures per day are performed in preterm and term infants during the hospital stay in the first week.
- Conditions
- Pain, Procedural, Pain, Acute, Analgesia
- Trial name
- NCT05235893
- Testing
- Reflexology, Sucrose %24, Kangaroo care
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marmara University
Chest Tube Removal, Heart; Surgery, Heart, Functional Disturbance as Result
Foot Reflexology to Reduce Pain and Anxiety Before Chest Tube Removal
In open heart surgeries, patients experience severe pain due to tissue trauma, damage to intercostal nerves, and muscle spasm due to pulling tubes from the mediastinal space and between the pleural leaves pull during chet tube…
- Conditions
- Chest Tube Removal, Heart; Surgery, Heart, Functional Disturbance as Result, Pain, Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT05032469
- Testing
- Reflexology
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baskent University
Complementary Alternative Medicine, Menopause
Therapeutic Touch and Foot Reflexology on Sleep Quality and Menopausal Symptoms
This randomized controlled trial was designed to compare the effects of therapeutic touch and reflexology on sleep quality and menopausal symptoms in postmenopausal women affected by the February 6, 2023 Kahramanmaraş…
- Conditions
- Complementary Alternative Medicine, Menopause, Sleep Disturbance
- Trial name
- NCT07767318
- Testing
- Therapeutic Touch, Foot Reflexology
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 155 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Osmaniye Korkut Ata University
Postpartum Women
Effect of Foot Massage Performed to the Mother After Bırth on Breastfeedıng Success, Sleep Qualıty and Newborn Stress
Aim: To Reveal The Effect Of Foot Massage Performed To The Mother After Bırth On Breastfeedıng Success, Sleep Qualıty And Newborn Stress Material and Method: This randomized controlled trial was conducted with 70 people (35…
- Trial name
- NCT06786481
- Testing
- Educational with milnacipran, Locally Directed Therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Melek Nur KEÇELİ
Cesarean Section, Anxiety
Reflexology Hand Massage After Cesarean Section
Background: Globally, cesarean section (CS) rates are rapidly increasing. Although cesarean delivery is a life-saving surgical intervention, it can lead to adverse outcomes such as anxiety, decreased maternal satisfaction, and…
- Conditions
- Cesarean Section, Anxiety, Postoperative Period
- Trial name
- NCT07880587
- Testing
- Reflexology Hand Massage, Stroking Hand Massage
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dokuz Eylul University
Gastrointestinal Symptoms
Foot Reflexology and Acupressure on Gastrointestinal Symptoms
This research was planned to evaluate the effects of foot reflexology and acupressure applications on gastrointestinal symptoms in women going through menopause.
- Trial name
- Menopausal (NCT07528534)
- Testing
- Foot Reflexology, Acupressure
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Osmaniye Korkut Ata University
Peripheral Arterial Disease
Foot Reflexology and Pain and Ankle Brachial Index and Walking Impairement
This randomized controlled study aimed to determine the effect of foot reflexology on pain, walking impairement and ankle brachial index level in patients with peripheral artery disease
- Trial name
- NCT06001203
- Testing
- Reflexology
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baskent University
Postpartum Women
Foot Reflexology on Postpartum Sleep Qualıty
Aim and objectives: To determine the efficacy of foot reflexology versus standard care for improvement of the sleep quality of postpartum women following vaginal birth.
- Trial name
- NCT03882086
- Testing
- foot reflexology
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Akdeniz University
Episiotomy
Effect of Foot Reflexology on Perineal Pain, Fatigue and Healing Quality in Primiparous Patients Undergoing Episiotomy
The act of giving birth can expose women to many risks during pregnancy and the birth process. It causes long-term emotional problems in pregnant women who experience labor pain and negatively affects their mental health.
- Trial name
- NCT06955507
- Testing
- reflexology
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University
Neuropathic Pain Diagnostic Questionnaire (DN4) ≥ 4
Reiki and Reflexology Massage Diyabetik Neuropathy Pain
Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic endocrine and metabolic disease that occurs as a result of insufficiency, absence and/or deficiency of the insulin hormone secreted from the beta cells of the pancreas, and is characterized by…
- Trial name
- NCT06979739
- Testing
- reiki, refleksologia, reiki and refleksologia
- Where
- 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University
Breastfeeding, Lactation Failure
The Effect of Reflexology on Lactation and Postpartum Comfort for Cesarean-delivery Primiparous Mothers
Immediately after cesarean birth, many women suffer from breastfeeding problems due to pain, fatigue, activity intolerance, anesthesia, and delayed onset of lactation.
- Conditions
- Breastfeeding, Lactation Failure, Nursing Caries, Postpartum
- Trial name
- NCT03686319
- Testing
- Reflexology
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Selcuk University
Interventions Pain
The Effects on Pain of Acupressure and Foot Reflexology Before Heel Lancing in Newborns
This study aimed to determine the effects of foot reflexology and acupressure on the KI3 and St36 points on pain during interventions when these procedures were administered before heel lancing in term newborns.
- Trial name
- NCT04643730
- Testing
- Acupressure methods, Foot Reflexology Methods, Control Grup
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eskisehir Osmangazi University
Healthy, Nursing Caries
The Effect of Reflexology on Sleep Quality and Fatigue in Postmenopausal Women
Introduction: This study was conducted to determine the effect of reflexology on sleep quality and fatigue in postmenopausal women.
- Trial name
- NCT04467645
- Testing
- reflexology
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dicle University
Opioid Use, Constipation
Reflexology Socks and Opioid-induced Constipation
Opioids are one of the most commonly used treatment approaches in the treatment of severe pain due to cancer and non-cancer causes. The most commonly reported side effect by patients related to opioid use is constipation.
- Conditions
- Opioid Use, Constipation, Reflexology
- Trial name
- NCT05314335
- Testing
- Reflexology socks+walking, Just walking
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 101 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University
Migraine, Reflexology
The Effect of Foot Reflexology in Women With Migraine
This prospective randomized controlled study aims to investigate the effects of foot massage on pain, anxiety, kinesiophobia, and postural control in women aged 18-45 years diagnosed with migraine who attend the Neurology…
- Conditions
- Migraine, Reflexology, Pain, Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT07651839
- Testing
- foot reflexology
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karabuk University
Low Back Pain
Foot Reflexology Therapy and Non-specific Low Back Pain
The aim of this study was to investigate whether the eight therapy session with foot reflexology can reduce pain intensity when applied as an addition to the standards care of low back pain according to the Malaysian low back…
- Trial name
- NCT02887430
- Testing
- foot reflexology therapy
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin
Breast Feeding, Fatigue
Effects of Reflexology on Postpartum Pain, Fatigue, Sleep Quality and Lactation
The aim of this research is to determine the effect of foot reflexology applied to primiparous women who had cesarean section in the postpartum period on pain, fatigue, sleep quality and lactation.
- Conditions
- Breast Feeding, Fatigue, Sleep, Pain, Postoperative
- Trial name
- NCT04924439
- Testing
- foot reflexology
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Gaziantep
Coronary Artery Disease, Coronary Disease
The Effect of Hand Reflexology on Anxiety and Vital Signs With Angiography
This study was planned to determine the effect of hand reflexology on anxiety and vital signs in patients undergoing coronary angiography.
- Trial name
- NCT04956055
- Testing
- Reflexology
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marmara University
Children, Pain Management
Cartoons and Reflexology for Postoperative Nausea, Pain, and Anxiety in Children
Preoperative anxiety arises as a physiological response of the body to stressors and is pathophysiologically associated with stimulation of the autonomic nervous system and increased catecholamine release (Durgut, 2021).
- Conditions
- Children, Pain Management, Nausea, Postoperative
- Trial name
- NCT07151131
- Testing
- Watching Cartoons, Reflexology
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sakarya University
Reflexology
The Effect of Reflexology on Labor
Aims and Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of reflexology, one of the non-pharmacological methods used in the management of labor pain, on anxiety, labor duration, labor pain, and labor…
- Trial name
- NCT03877302
- Testing
- reflexology
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Gaziantep