Abeer Ali Ahmed Mansour <br/><br/>
Effect of foot reflexology on premenstrual syndrome /  
 تأثير رفليكسولوجي القدم على آلام ما قبل الطمث  
Abeer Ali Ahmed Mansour ; Supervised Khadiga Sayed Abdelaziz , Hisham Abotaleb , Ghada Ebrahim Elrefaye 
 - Cairo :   Abeer Ali Ahmed Mansour ,   2019 
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<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Physical Therapy for Gynecology and Obstetrics  
<br/><br/> This study was conducted to determine the effect of foot reflexology in the treatment of premenstrual syndrome. Fifty volunteer, virgin females with premenstrual syndrome were selected randomly from outpatient clinic of obstetrics and gynecology in Abnub Hospital in Assuit to share in this study, their ages ranged from 18 to 25 years old and their body mass index (BMI) did not exceed 30kg/m2. Females were assigned into two groups of equal numbers. The group (A) received therapeutic foot reflexology with dietary modification 3 times/week for8 weeks. Each session took about 15 minutes, while the group (B) received dietary modifications only for 8 weeks. All females in both groups were assessed through the visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain, premenstrual daily symptoms questionnaire for premenstrual syndrome related symptoms and level of beta-endorphin in the blood. The results of the present study that there was a statistical significant increase in beta-endorphin level in group A (78.88 ± 8.03) when compared with its corresponding level in group B (F= 378 & p= 0.001). Foot reflexology is an effective non-invasive modality in the treatment of premenstrual syndrome females 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Body mass index (BMI)  Foot reflexology  Premenstrual syndrome