발 반사 요법이 복부비만 개선에 미치는 영향

Abstract

In this study a clinical test was conducted for the purpose of proving the effectiveness of the joint use of foot reflexology as a strategy for heightening the effectiveness in controlling abdominal obesity on the basis of many prior researches in aroma therapies and foot reflexology. The results indicated that foot reflexology contributed to a decrease in abdominal circumstance as a whole rather than to a decrease in subcutaneous fat thickness. This seems to be because foot care has an effect of exercise of the whole body; for this reason, it is now frequently applied in hospitals as an alternative to exercise of the whole body for patients with difficulties in exercising. It is therefore believed that the combined use of foot reflexology with dermal aesthetical control for reducing abdominal obesity can contribute to an increase of the effectiveness.