Clinical trial NCT05799677: The Effect of Reflexology in Patients With Viral Bronchiolitis
Official title: The Effect of Reflexology in Patients With Viral Bronchiolitis
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Bronchiolitis; Chemical
Reflexology
Keywords: Bronchiolitis
Reflexology
Lead sponsor: Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
Sponsor class: OTHER_GOV
First posted: 2023-04-05
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Maximum age (years): 18
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Comparing the extent of bronchiolitis between reflexology additive treatment to no reflexology treatment.
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: To test the influence of reflexology on bronchiolitis.

Detailed description: Reflexology has been used in different respiratory tract infections on pulmonary function tests in patients with asthma, with some success. It has also been tested in newborns with respiratory distress syndrome, where it has decreased respiratory rate. Whole body massage was found to be helpful in newborns with opioid withdrawal syndrome. It has been shown to be a safe treatment and well tolerated even among very young infants.

Therefore, the investigators decided to evaluate effect of reflexology treatment in patients with viral bronchiolitis.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* All children admitted due to bronchiolitis

Exclusion Criteria:

* Children whose parents refused participation

Primary outcomes:
measure: Hospitalization period
timeFrame: 1-14 days
measure: Oxygen therapy period
timeFrame: 1-14 Days
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: H̱adera
country: Israel
facility: Hillel Yaffe medical center
state: Hadera
Study officials:
affiliation: Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
name: Erez Nadir, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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