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Foot reflexology for acute occupational low back pain: a double-blind randomized clinical trial
da Silva de Medeiros GM, dal Sasso GTM, Schlindwein AD, Alves IFBO
Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing 2018;17(4):20186133
clinical trial
7/10 [Eligibility criteria: Yes; Random allocation: Yes; Concealed allocation: Yes; Baseline comparability: Yes; Blind subjects: Yes; Blind therapists: No; Blind assessors: Yes; Adequate follow-up: No; Intention-to-treat analysis: No; Between-group comparisons: Yes; Point estimates and variability: Yes. Note: Eligibility criteria item does not contribute to total score] *This score has been confirmed*

AIM: To compare the effects of foot reflexology in relieving acute occupational low back pain in the nursing team. METHOD: Randomized, controlled, double-blind clinical trial. Participants included 36 randomly allocated, effective professionals. Data collection was performed with the visual and analogue scale of pain intensity, before and after the applications of the reflexotherapy protocol and questionnaire for low back pain, applied at the beginning and end of the research. For normality of the sample the Shapiro Wilk test, Chi-square test or Fisher's exact test was used to verify the significance of the association between categorical variables; Wilcoxon test (non-parametric data) and t-test (parametric data). RESULT: Reflexotherapy showed significant effect (p = 0.000) in the intervention stages to alleviate the intensity of acute low back pain, both in the VAS score and in the low back pain questionnaire (p = 0.0002). CONCLUSIONS: Reflexotherapy showed statistically significant effects on the reduction of acute low back pain in Nursing professionals.

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