[Knowledge and effectiveness of so-called foot sole reflex massage].
Plantar reflex massage is hardly of any importance to insurance medicine. It however helps to explain the affinity of patients for so-called alternative medicine and its methods. A proof of the effectiveness of the pretended radius of curative properties has never been aspired to nor is it scientifically conceivable. Various aspects combine to create the attraction of the method. Two of these result precisely from its unscientific nature. The effect is to be found in the improvement of the general feeling of well-being.
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D015669:Acupuncture Points; D000529:Complementary Therapies; D005528:Foot; D006801:Humans; D008405:Massage; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D016896:Treatment Outcome
Wissenschaft und Wirksamkeit der sogenannten Fusssohlenreflexmassage.