The effects of foot reflexology massage on anxiety in patients following coronary artery bypass graft surgery: A randomized controlled trial

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 42-47

  Bagheri Nesami, Masoumeh ^a   Shorofi, Seyed Afshin ^a   Zargar, Nahid ^a   Sohrabi, Maryam ^b   Gholipour Baradari, Afshin ^c   Khalilian, Alireza ^d  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Coronary artery bypass graft; Foot reflexology massage

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FOOT; FOOT REFLEXOLOGY MASSAGE; HUMAN; MALE; MASSAGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANXIETY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FOOT REFLEXOLOGY MASSAGE;

AGED; ANXIETY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84892492315     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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