Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

The Effects of Foot Reflexology for Smoking Cessation on Brain Activities with Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI): A Pilot Study

Table 3

fMRI brain response during left foot stimulation.
Patient no.Right hemisphereLeft hemisphere
Postcentral gyrus of the parietal lobePrecentral gyrus of the frontal lobeOther parts of the frontal lobeOthers parts of the parietal lobeOccipital lobeTemporal lobePostcentral gyrus of the parietal lobePrecentral gyrus of the frontal lobeOther parts of the frontal lobeOther parts of the parietal lobeOccipital lobeTemporal lobePostcentral gyrus of the parietal lobePrecentral gyrus of the frontal lobe
1Present with an intense signal Present      Present    
3Present with an intense signal Present   Present  Present   Present
4Present Present      Present    
5Present with
an intense signal		PresentPresent      PresentPresent  Present
6Present PresentPresent  PresentPresent PresentPresent   
7Present with an intense signal Present      Present    
8Present with an intense signalPresentPresent     PresentPresent    
9PresentPresent            
10Present with an intense signal PresentPresent     PresentPresent   
11Present with an intense signalPresentPresent      Present    
12PresentPresentPresent      Present    
13Present with an intense signal Present      Present    
14Present with an intense signalPresentPresent     PresentPresent    
15Present with an intense signalPresentPresent      Present    
16Present PresentPresent     Present    
17Present with an intense signal PresentPresent     PresentPresent Present 
18PresentPresentPresent      PresentPresent   
19PresentPresent       Present    
20Present with an intense signalPresentPresent      PresentPresent Present 
21Present with an intense signalPresentPresent Present    PresentPresentPresentPresent