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P-1359 - the Impact of Foot Reflexology on Sleep Induction in Patients Suffering From Sleeping Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

R. Véron ,
C. Balestra ,
C. Berlémont ,
J.-P. Lanquart  and
F. Jurysta
R. Véron
Affiliation:
Sleep Laboratory, Hospital Erasmus, Brussels, Belgium Physiotherapy (ISEK), Brussels, Belgium Department of Environmental & Occupational Physiology (ISEK), High School Paul Henri Spaak, Brussels, Belgium Geriatry, Hospital Academic Erasmus, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium Intensive Care, Hospital Etterbeek-Ixelles (IRIS), Brussels, Belgium
C. Balestra
Affiliation:
Sleep Laboratory, Hospital Erasmus, Brussels, Belgium Physiotherapy (ISEK), Brussels, Belgium Department of Environmental & Occupational Physiology (ISEK), High School Paul Henri Spaak, Brussels, Belgium Geriatry, Hospital Academic Erasmus, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium Intensive Care, Hospital Etterbeek-Ixelles (IRIS), Brussels, Belgium
C. Berlémont
Affiliation:
Sleep Laboratory, Hospital Erasmus, Brussels, Belgium Physiotherapy (ISEK), Brussels, Belgium Department of Environmental & Occupational Physiology (ISEK), High School Paul Henri Spaak, Brussels, Belgium Geriatry, Hospital Academic Erasmus, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium Intensive Care, Hospital Etterbeek-Ixelles (IRIS), Brussels, Belgium
J.-P. Lanquart
Affiliation:
Sleep Laboratory, Hospital Erasmus, Brussels, Belgium Physiotherapy (ISEK), Brussels, Belgium Department of Environmental & Occupational Physiology (ISEK), High School Paul Henri Spaak, Brussels, Belgium Geriatry, Hospital Academic Erasmus, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium Intensive Care, Hospital Etterbeek-Ixelles (IRIS), Brussels, Belgium
F. Jurysta
Affiliation:
Sleep Laboratory, Hospital Erasmus, Brussels, Belgium Physiotherapy (ISEK), Brussels, Belgium Department of Environmental & Occupational Physiology (ISEK), High School Paul Henri Spaak, Brussels, Belgium Geriatry, Hospital Academic Erasmus, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium Intensive Care, Hospital Etterbeek-Ixelles (IRIS), Brussels, Belgium

Abstract

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Objective

The purpose of this study was to test the impact of foot reflexology (FR) on sleep architecture in patients suffering from sleeping disorders.

Aims

Try to improve sleep quality in patients with sleep disorders using the foot reflexology.

Methods

A controlled interventional study in which volunteers (n = 10) were their own control. Each subject received one 20 min FR session during their three nights in the sleep laboratory. Randomly, FR was performed during night 2 or night 3. A polygraph was used to measure these changes in sleep architecture throughout the night and a visual analogue scale (VAS) completed the measurements, in the morning, to subjectively determine the sleep quality.

Results

The sleep architecture measured by polygraphy showed no statistically significant difference in percentage between nights with and without FR. However, a tendency to increase sleep latency and duration of nocturnal awakening was recorded insignificantly. The VAS sleep quality increased highly significantly with FR (p = 0.0059).

Conclusion

According to the patients′ feelings, FR induced an improved sleep quality, while the polygraph measures showed no change. This suggests that FR stimulates endogenous factors causing a feeling of well-being and comfort in those patients.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 27 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 20th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2012 , pp. 1
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2012
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