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Revisiting reflexology: Concept, evidence, current practice, and practitioner training

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, September 2015
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Title
Revisiting reflexology: Concept, evidence, current practice, and practitioner training
Published in
Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, September 2015
DOI 10.1016/j.jtcme.2015.08.008
Pubmed ID
Authors

Nurul Haswani Embong, Yee Chang Soh, Long Chiau Ming, Tin Wui Wong

Abstract

Reflexology is basically a study of how one part of the human body relates to another part of the body. Reflexology practitioners rely on the reflexes map of the feet and hands to all the internal organs and other human body parts. They believe that by applying the appropriate pressure and massage certain spots on the feet and hands, all other body parts could be energized and rejuvenated. This review aimed to revisit the concept of reflexology and examine its effectiveness, practices, and the training for reflexology practitioners. PubMed, SCOPUS, Google Scholar, and SpringerLink databases were utilized to search the following medical subject headings or keywords: foot massage, reflexology, foot reflexotherapy, reflexological treatment, and zone therapy. The articles published for the last 10 years were included. Previous systematic reviews failed to show concrete evidence for any specific effect of reflexology in any conditions. Due to its non-invasive, non-pharmacological complementary nature, reflexology is widely accepted and anecdotal evidence of positive effect reflexology in a variety of health conditions are available. Adequate training for practitioners is necessary to ensure the consistency of service provided.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 1 <1%
Unknown 292 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 48 16%
Student > Master 29 10%
Student > Postgraduate 17 6%
Student > Ph. D. Student 17 6%
Lecturer 15 5%
Other 46 16%
Unknown 121 41%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 62 21%
Medicine and Dentistry 35 12%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 4%
Engineering 8 3%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 6 2%
Other 38 13%
Unknown 133 45%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 289. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 November 2023.
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#121,756
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine
#10
of 410 outputs
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#1,479
of 286,439 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine
#1
of 7 outputs
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