Effectiveness of Reflexology for Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) and Other Health Difficulties Specific to Women

Ayame Inoue, Yukie Majima, Seiko Masuda, Takeshi Matsuda

2023

Abstract

Reflexology is said to be effective for regulating physical discomfort and relieving pain, but it is also expected to be effective for improving PMS symptoms, which are common among many women. However, few researchers have examined its effects for PMS symptoms, so few women use reflexology and most of them still rely on drugs such as oral contraceptives and chemical therapies. For this study, we examined reflexology effects on PMS symptoms and the body, devoting particular attention to bowel sounds. This paper presents results of experiments which treat reflexology for three women who have each PMS symptoms and other health difficulties. As results of bowel sounds, frequency spectrums of three women have been consolidated into a single curve. one after treatment. In the future, we increase the number of data and clarify the relation among reflexology, bowel sounds, PMS symptoms and other health difficulties.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Inoue A., Majima Y., Masuda S. and Matsuda T. (2023). Effectiveness of Reflexology for Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) and Other Health Difficulties Specific to Women. In Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2023) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF; ISBN 978-989-758-631-6, SciTePress, pages 502-506. DOI: 10.5220/0011774600003414

in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf23,
author={Ayame Inoue and Yukie Majima and Seiko Masuda and Takeshi Matsuda},
title={Effectiveness of Reflexology for Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) and Other Health Difficulties Specific to Women},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2023) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF},
year={2023},
pages={502-506},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011774600003414},
isbn={978-989-758-631-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2023) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF
TI - Effectiveness of Reflexology for Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) and Other Health Difficulties Specific to Women
SN - 978-989-758-631-6
AU - Inoue A.
AU - Majima Y.
AU - Masuda S.
AU - Matsuda T.
PY - 2023
SP - 502
EP - 506
DO - 10.5220/0011774600003414
PB - SciTePress