Health Condition 1: null- Intractable epilepsy
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Reflexology therapy of 30 minutes duration twice a day in addition to the anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs):
Control Intervention1: Anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs): Pharmacological drugs were as
Sponsors
Central Council for Research in Yoga Naturopathy
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients of the age group of 3 years to 50 years and both genders had been included if they were the residents of Delhi or had some arrangements to stay in Delhi (the centre of study), for a period of minimum three months, and submitted of their own the filled-in consent proforma. They had been suffering from confirmed epilepsy with at least a frequency of 2 seizures per month, had failed 2 or more drugs in various rational combinations over a period of 2 or more years. They were surgical failures or were not the candidates for surgery. They were likely to stay on the stable and adequate doses of AEDs for a period of 3 months prior to the trial.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Any patient suffering from either or more of the following diseases has been excluded from this study: malignancy of any kind, brain tumor, encephalitis, meningitis, tuberculosis, HIV-infection, and any kind of organ resection due to any reason.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1.Response of the patients to the therapy which was measured in terms of improvement in reducing seizure frequency (R) 2.No. of times seizures could be aborted during aura 3.Quality of life in epilepsy Timepoint: 1 year 6 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1.Abnormal features noted on the reflex areas 2.Any other associated symptom Timepoint: 1 year 6 months | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Manjari Tripathi
Associate Professor
Outcome results
None listed