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Effect of foot bathing on immune function

Discussion in 'General Issues and Discussion Forum' started by NewsBot, Feb 13, 2008.

  1. NewsBot

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    Effects of footbathing on autonomic nerve and immune function.
    Saeki Y, Nagai N, Hishinuma M.
    Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2007 Aug;13(3):158-65.
     
  2. markjohconley

    markjohconley Well-Known Member

    Thanks NewsBot for all your posts. I'm having trouble understanding why these investigators would bother to run this study; " healthy" 22-24 y/o's, and no mention of the effect on thromboses. How many healthy young people would want to 'footbath'. Relevance of this study??, mark c
     
  3. Craig Payne

    Craig Payne Moderator

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    Its does through the clock back a bit. How many patients still ask why we no longer soak feet?
     
  4. Cameron

    Cameron Well-Known Member

    markjohconley and Craig

    >" healthy" 22-24 y/o's, and no mention of the effect on thromboses

    What affects 'normals' would translate to others in this case (?) and the physiological parmeters would be easier to measure in normals.


    > How many patients still ask why we no longer soak feet?

    A ten minute foot bath at 46 degrees C, would be standard practice and not constitute a foot soak at higher temperatures.

    toeslayer
     
  5. markjohconley

    markjohconley Well-Known Member

    "our findings support the use of footbathing in nursing practice. "

    Toeslayer, sorry, can't see how the authors can claim this. Imagine a "footbath" (with or without vibration) on an ischaemic extremity. Wouldn't an increased localised metabolism, with the 42 deg environment, result in increased localised toxins. With the ischaemia the toxins would accumulate, no? Then the vibration, if used, what of the effect on dislodging emboli (both ways)?
    Also "A ten minute foot bath at 46 degrees C, would be standard practice "; I'm not with you Toeslayer? standard practice for whom?, thanks and love your forum inputs!, mark c
     
  6. Cameron

    Cameron Well-Known Member

    markc

    I take your point with an ischaemic limb which would be inappropriate for the external application of heat, anyway.

    >Also "A ten minute foot bath at 46 degrees C, would be standard practice "; I'm not with you Toeslayer? standard practice for whom?

    Description of said antiseptic footbaths are found in podiatric text dealing specifically with the external application of heat. As such this might constitute common practice (especially since the practice has not been refuted - until now?).

    Your comment does highlight an interesting point about what is common practice. Textbooks like Reid and le Rosegnol would constitute the basis for much of the common core materia medica taught and practised in the Commonwealth over the last thirty years. Subsequent text have rarely reviewed these practices to the best of my knowledge, which leaves the question, is what's written there acceptable practice, now. In the absence of ebp, local or clustered variations in materia medica may exist but are not necessarily shared, and therefore not common practice.

    Cheers
    toeslayer
     
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