Comparison of the effect of hand reflexology and foot reflexology on periodic breast pai

Phase 2

Conditions: mastalgia.
Mastodynia

Registration Number: IRCT20170508033868N2

Lead Sponsor: Vice chancellor for research Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: Female

Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

Filling out the written consent to participate in the research.
Being a resident of the female' dormitory of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences.
Age range of 15 -45 years.
BMI range of 19.6 - 29.
Having a regular menstruation cycle ranging from 21 to 35 days.
Complaining of breast pain that occurred during the last 14 days of the menstrual cycle.
Obtaining a minimum pain intensity score of 30-69 using the visual analogue scale.

Exclusion Criteria

Being a professional athlete?
Eating rich-fat diet or diet containing xanthine.
Pregnant or intend to become pregnant during the study.
Breastfeeding.
Experience of bad events in the past three months.
Using hormonal medications or contraceptive pills since the last three months.
Using the medicine to relieve pain during the last two months.
Using a specific method to relieve breast pain.
History of breast cancer in herself or her first-degree relatives.
History of suspected breast mass in examination, mammography, or ultrasound.
History of surgery on the breast or injection of gel or fat
Having wound or lesion in the hands or feet.
Having specific illness.
Presence of physical disabilities.
Presence of abnormality in breast examination.

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Intensity of pain. Timepoint: Two periods before the intervention and two periods during intervention(after one and two intervention cycles). Method of measurement: Pain visual Scale.;Duration of pain. Timepoint: Two periods before the intervention and two periods during intervention(after one and two intervention cycles). Method of measurement: Daily pain registry table.

Secondary Outcome Measures