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Subject:

	Blood, Cortisol

Study Conducted:	Country:	Institution:

	Denmark		Glostrup County Hospital

Citation:

	Author unknown, "Reflexology and Plasma Cortisol Under Surgical Stress." 1977

Synopsis:

	16 patients were studied in 1977 study to see if foot reflexology could influence the increase of plasma cortisol during surgery. They were given 10 minutes of reflexology using a tool for precision touch, Eight received stimulation in the pituitary-adrenal zones and 8 patients, the control group, received stimulation in their shoulder zones.

Conclusion:

	Foot reflexology was not shown to be effective in this study for influencing the increase of plasma cortisol during surgical stress, possibly due to flaw in research design.

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