Effect of foot reflexology on chronic pain in Parkinson's disease: A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Effectiveness of Foot Reflexology (FR) on the pain intensity in Parkinson's disease (PD) compared with Sham Massage (SM).

Design

Monocentric, longitudinal, prospective, double-blind, randomized controlled trial. Randomization with a random number generator in the R software. Fixed-sized block randomization of 3 implemented into Clinsight.

Participants

Idiopathic PD patients with chronic pain (Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)≥4) were recruited from the Toulouse University Hospital between the 14th of April 2021 and the 25th of May 2025.

Intervention

Four one-hour long FR or SM sessions three weeks apart with the same specialized FR researcher.

Main outcome measure

Pain intensity change measured by the mean VAS before and after full completed interve

SUBMITTER: Joineau K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12303304 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature