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 4

fMRI brain response during right foot stimulation.
Patient No.Right hemisphereLeft hemisphere
Postcentral gyrus of the parietal lobePrecentral gyrusOther parts of the frontal lobeOther parts of the parietal lobeOccipital lobeTemporal lobeThalamusPostcentral gyrus of the parietal lobePrecentral gyrus of the frontal lobeOther parts of the frontal lobeOther parts of the parietal lobeOccipital lobeTemporal lobeThalamus
1       PresentPresentPresent   
3Present PresentPresent PresentPresentPresent with an intense signalPresentPresentPresent PresentPresent
4Present Present     PresentPresent    
5  Present    PresentPresent with an intense signalPresent    
6Present PresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent PresentPresent  Present
7Present      Present PresentPresent   
8  Present     PresentPresent    
9PresentPresent            
10       PresentPresentPresent    
11  PresentPresent   Present PresentPresent   
12  Present    Present with an intense signalPresentPresent    
13      Present Present   PresentPresent
14  Present    Present with an intense signalPresent     
15  Present    Present with an intense signalPresentPresent    
16       PresentPresent     
17   Present   Present with an intense signal PresentPresent   
18  PresentPresent    PresentPresentPresent with an intense signal   
19  Present    PresentPresentPresent    
20  Present    Present with an intense signalPresentPresent  PresentPresent
21Present Present PresentPresent Present with an intense signalPresentPresentPresent PresentPresent