Raz Inbal, Rosengarten Yaakov, Carasso Rafael
Joyce and Irving Goldman Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
Harefuah. 2003 Sep;142(8-9):600-5, 646.
Reflexology is a non-conventional method for diagnosis and treatment of physical and medical problems by touching or applying pressure on certain areas on the foot surface. The reflexology method is based on the presumption that all body organs and various systems are represented on the foot surface.
The purpose of this study was to test the reliability and validity of the reflexological diagnosis method.
Eighty patients from various clinics and departments in the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, were examined twice by two different reflexologists. The diagnostics that resulted from these examinations were compared with the conventional medical diagnostics of the same patients. In addition, the level of correlation between the two reflexological examinations was tested.
Out of 18 body systems in 6 a statistically significant correlation was found between the conventional medical diagnosis and the two reflexological examinations. In 4 body systems, there was a statistically significant correlation between the conventional medical diagnosis and one out of the two reflexological examinations. The systems in which correlation was found are characterized by having a defined anatomic region. The examination of the significance of the diagnoses regarding the components of the body systems resulted in statistical significance in only 4 out of the 32 components. Between the two reflexological examinations, a statistically significant correlation was found in 14 out of the 18 body systems, and in only 15 out of the 32 system components.
The reflexology method has the ability to diagnose (reliable and valid) at a systematic level only, and this is applicable only to those body systems that represent organs and regions with an exact anatomic location.
反射疗法是一种通过触摸或按压脚底特定区域来诊断和治疗身体及医学问题的非常规方法。反射疗法基于这样一种假设，即身体的所有器官和各种系统都在脚底有所体现。
本研究的目的是测试反射诊断方法的可靠性和有效性。
来自哈代拉希勒尔·亚菲医疗中心各诊所和科室的80名患者由两名不同的反射疗法师进行了两次检查。将这些检查得出的诊断结果与同一患者的传统医学诊断结果进行比较。此外，还测试了两次反射疗法检查之间的相关性水平。
在18个身体系统中的6个系统中，传统医学诊断与两次反射疗法检查之间存在统计学上的显著相关性。在4个身体系统中，传统医学诊断与两次反射疗法检查中的一次存在统计学上的显著相关性。发现存在相关性的系统的特点是具有明确的解剖区域。对身体系统各组成部分诊断的重要性进行检查，在32个组成部分中只有4个具有统计学意义。在两次反射疗法检查之间，在18个身体系统中的14个系统中发现了统计学上的显著相关性，在32个系统组成部分中只有15个具有统计学意义。
反射疗法仅在系统层面具有诊断（可靠且有效）能力，并且这仅适用于那些代表具有精确解剖位置的器官和区域的身体系统。
