- Temperature
- Respiratory rate
- Heart rate
- Blodd pressure
These physiological functions can be altered by:
- Stress
- Anxiety
- Fatigue
Many clinical studies evidence the positive effect reflexolgy has on these functions and how it reduces stress and anxiety levels and facilitates sleep.
Sources:
"Evaluation of the effects of foot refleoxlogy on vital signs and anxiety in children .."
Ali Mansouri , Hossein Shadadi, Mahdieh Poudineh-Moghadam, Aziz Shahraki Vahed, Sadegh Dehghanmehr - August 07, 2017
https://www.balimedicaljournal.org/index.php/bmj/article/view/622
"The impacts of foot reflexology on anxiety among male candidates for coronary angiography: A three-group single-blind randomized clinical trial"
Farhad Ramezanibadra, Kourosh Aminib,Kayvan Hossaingholipora, Sograt Faghihzadehc
Department of Critical Care Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zanjan Social Determinants of Health Research Center, and Department of Biostatistics at Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran - Elsevier 2018
https://www.vnig.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ramezanibadr2018.pdf
"The effect of foot reflexology on physiological parameters"
Arash Khalili, Negin masoudi Alavi, Davoud Mardani, Nastoor Bekhradiani Pour, Akvan Paymard, Mehdi Daraei, Shapour Yaripoor, aba Bashiri, and Mehdi Molavi Vardanjani9 - Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, and Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan. Iran 2016
https://www.ijmrhs.com/medical-research/the-effect-of-foot-reflexology-on-physiological-parameters.pdf
"The effect of reflexotherapy on patients’ vital signs before coronary artery bypass graft surgery "
Article (PDF Available) in Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery research 16(1):8-12 · March 2011Mahin Moeini, Leila Sadat Kahangi, Mahboubeh Valiani, Reza Heshmat
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/51753942_The_effect_of_reflexotherapy_on_patients'_vital_signs_before_coronary_artery_bypass_graft_surgery