Studies

The main purpose of this study was to measure the effect of a single session of Reiki on physical and psychological health in a large nonclinical sample.

This is a constructive replication of a previous trial conducted by Bowden et al. (2010), where students who had received Reiki demonstrated greater health and mood benefits than those who received no Reiki.

Biofield therapies (such as Reiki, therapeutic touch, and healing touch) are complementary medicine modalities that remain controversial and are utilized by a significant number of patients, with little information regarding their efficacy.

This study aimed to examine Reiki's effectiveness over placebo in treating symptoms of mental health and to explore parameters for its effectiveness.

The present study was conducted in order to determine the effects of Reiki on the menopausal symptoms of women.

To determine whether Reiki treatment would improve HRV in patients recovering from acute coronary syndrome (ACS), we randomized inpatients within 72 h to receive Reiki, a classical music intervention, or resting control while undergoing continuous electrocardiographic monitoring via a Holter monitor.

This study investigated the effect of distant Reiki sessions on the holistic well-being of people without no acute/chronic diseases.

This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of Reiki compared with physiotherapy to relieve the lower back pain intensity and to improve the activities of daily living (ADL) in the IDVH patients.

Practices such as “Reiki”, therapeutic touch, healing touch, and external “Qigong” have been regarded as some form of “energy medicine” or “biofield therapy”.

This study reviews the available clinical studies of Reiki to determine whether there is evidence for Reiki providing more than just a placebo effect.

This prospective, single-blind, randomized parallel controlled study was conducted to determine the effects of distant Reiki on the fatigue and comfort levels of patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) treatment.

Randomized controlled clinical trials in databases of Pubmed, ISI Web of Sciences, and Google Scholar were investigated.

The study involved 824 participants, all of whom were aged 18 years or older. Reiki therapy was found to have a significant effect on anxiety intervention(SMD=-0.82, 95CI -1.29∼-0.36, P = 0.001). Subgroup analysis indicated that the types of subjects (chronically ill individuals and the general adult population) and the dosage/frequency of the intervention (≤ 3 sessions and 6-8 sessions) were significant factors influencing the variability in anxiety reduction.