Table 1.
Search strategy used in PubMed.
| Number | Search terms |
|---|---|
| 1 | Randomized controlled trial [MeSH Terms] |
| 2 | Controlled clinical trial [MeSH Terms] |
| 3 | Randomized [Title/Abstract] |
| 4 | Randomly [Title/Abstract] |
| 5 | 1 or 2-4 |
| 6 | Reflexotherapy [MeSH Terms] |
| 7 | Reflexology [Title/Abstract] |
| 8 | reflection therapy [Title/Abstract] |
| 9 | reflective therapeutics [Title/Abstract] |
| 10 | reflexological therapy [Title/Abstract] |
| 11 | reflexogenic therapy [Title/Abstract] |
| 12 | reflex therapy [Title/Abstract] |
| 13 | zone therapy [Title/Abstract] |
| 14 | 6 or 7-13 |
| 15 | pregnancy [Mesh Term] |
| 16 | pregnant [Title/Abstract] |
| 17 | gestation [Title/Abstract] |
| 18 | gestational [Title/Abstract] |
| 19 | maternal [Title/Abstract] |
| 20 | prenatal [Title/Abstract] |
| 21 | antenatal [Title/Abstract] |
| 22 | 15 or 16-21 |
| 23 | 5 and 14 and 22 |