The Effect of Reflexology in Patients With Viral Bronchiolitis

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Bronchiolitis; Chemical; Reflexology

Treatments: Other: Reflexology

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05799677

0135-22-HYMC-IL

Details and patient eligibility

About

To test the influence of reflexology on bronchiolitis.

Full description

Reflexology has been used in different respiratory tract infections on pulmonary function tests in patients with asthma, with some success. It has also been tested in newborns with respiratory distress syndrome, where it has decreased respiratory rate. Whole body massage was found to be helpful in newborns with opioid withdrawal syndrome. It has been shown to be a safe treatment and well tolerated even among very young infants.

Therefore, the investigators decided to evaluate effect of reflexology treatment in patients with viral bronchiolitis.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All children admitted due to bronchiolitis

Exclusion criteria

• Children whose parents refused participation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Reflexology

Experimental group

Description:

Additive treatment with reflexology

Treatment:

Other: Reflexology

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

No treatment with reflexology