| Autor: |
Wilkinson ISA, Prigmore S, Rayner CF |
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Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice; May2006, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p141-147, 7p |
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It is known that many patients with obstructive pulmonary diseases use a number of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM). There has been a great deal of interest into the CAM recently, with the House of Lords select committee for science and technology's report suggesting randomised-controlled trials are the best means of researching the area. There is very little research into the effects of reflexology specifically on the effects it has on COPD. As such a randomised-controlled trial was set up to examine the effects of reflexology treatments on COPD. Results were qualitative and quantitative and showed that there are a number of areas of possible benefit for patients with COPD, but a larger scale study with a longer time frame is needed for a full evaluation of these effects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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