NCT07295626Completed
Symptom Control and Physiological Effects of Reflexology Applied After Stroke
Effects of Reflexology Applied to Stroke Patients on Pain, Physiological Parameters and Sleep Quality: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 19 Dec 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study is designed as a randomized controlled intervention with a pre-test-post-test design to evaluate the effect of reflexology on pain, physiological parameters, and sleep quality in stroke patients. The study will be conducted at the Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Unit of Van Training and Research Hospital between October 2024 and June 2025. Using a simple randomization method, patients will be assigned to either the control group or the reflexology intervention group, with an anticipated sample size of 35 patients per group. Data will be collected using the Personal Information Form, the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), the Richards-Campbell Sleep Scale (RCSS), and a physiological parameters recording form. Patients in the intervention group will receive reflexology massage twice a week for six weeks, for a total of 12 sessions. Each session will last 30 minutes (15 minutes per foot), in addition to routine nursing care. Physiological parameters will be recorded before and after each reflexology session. The control group will receive routine nursing care only, and their physiological parameters will be monitored twice weekly using the same schedule. All scales and forms will be administered again at the end of the 6-week period. The study aims to determine whether reflexology influences pain levels, physiological parameters, and sleep quality in stroke patients. Findings from this research may contribute to the evidence base regarding complementary interventions in post-stroke nursing care; however, no study results are yet available in this protocol record.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 70 (actual)
- First submitted
- 23 Nov 2025
- Start date
- 15 Oct 2024
- Primary completion date
- 15 Oct 2024
- Lead sponsor
- Hakkari Universitesi
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT07295626
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 70
- From 15 Oct 2024 to the primary completion date, 15 Oct 2024
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Those who have received professional massage therapy within the past month,
Other illness
- Patients with stroke due to malignant brain damage undergoing chemotherapy or radiotherapy
- Those with mental and psychiatric disorders,
- Those with contraindications for foot massage and reflexology: patients with generalized edema, pacemakers, history of heart attack, active gout, history of deep vein thrombosis, history of gallbladder and kidney stones, acute infection, fever, fractures, or wounds will not be included in the study.
Other
- Refusal to participate in the study,
- Tetraplegic and paraplegic patients,
Who the study is looking for
- Individuals over the age of 18,
- No diagnosis of any psychiatric illness or medication use,
- Hemiplegic stroke patients,
- Volunteering to participate in the study,
- According to the patient introduction form; patients describing hemiplegic shoulder pain and insomnia symptoms,
- No history of neurological or psychiatric disorders other than stroke,
- No irritation or ulceration in the skin area where reflexology will be performed,
- No history of deep vein thrombosis,
- Able to speak and understand Turkish and able to read and write,
- Patients who voluntarily agree to participate in the study will be included.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Health Sciences Van Training and Research Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Van | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
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