Changes of cerebral functional connectivity induced by foot reflexology in a RCT.

Autor: Descamps E; Inserm Unité ToNIC, UMR 1214, CHU PURPAN - Pavillon BAUDOT, Place du Dr Joseph Baylac, 31024, Toulouse CEDEX 3, France. emeline.descamps@inserm.fr.; CNRS, Toulouse, France. emeline.descamps@inserm.fr., Boussac M; Inserm Unité ToNIC, UMR 1214, CHU PURPAN - Pavillon BAUDOT, Place du Dr Joseph Baylac, 31024, Toulouse CEDEX 3, France. mathilde.boussac@inserm.fr., Joineau K; Inserm Unité ToNIC, UMR 1214, CHU PURPAN - Pavillon BAUDOT, Place du Dr Joseph Baylac, 31024, Toulouse CEDEX 3, France., Payoux P; Inserm Unité ToNIC, UMR 1214, CHU PURPAN - Pavillon BAUDOT, Place du Dr Joseph Baylac, 31024, Toulouse CEDEX 3, France.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2023 Oct 10; Vol. 13 (1), pp. 17139. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 10.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-44325-x
Abstrakt: Non-Pharmacological Interventions (NPIs) are increasingly being introduced into healthcare, but their mechanisms are unclear. In this study, 30 healthy participants received foot reflexology (FR) and sham massage, and went through a resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) to evaluate NPIs effect on brain. Rs-fMRI revealed an effect of both NPIs on functional connectivity with changes occurring in the default-mode network, the sensorimotor network and a Neural Network Correlates of Pain (NNCP-a newly discovered network showing great robustness). Even if no differences were found between FR and SM, this study allowed to report brain biomarkers of well-being as well as the safety of NPIs. In further research, it could be relevant to study it in patients to look for a true reflexology induced-effect dependent of patient reported outcomes. Overall, these findings enrich the understanding of the neural correlates of well-being experienced with NPIs and provided insight into the basis of the mechanisms of NPIs.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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