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Articles
All About Reiki: How This Type of Energy Healing Works and Its Health Benefits | Everyday Health
Does Reiki Have Side Effects or Risks? | Healthline
Reiki and Pain Management | Human Frequencies
Reiki is Reaching the Top Hospitals | Human Frequencies
What is Reiki, and Does it Really Work? | Cleveland Clinic
Research
Benefits of reiki therapy for a severely neutropenic patient with associated influences on a true random number generator | M. Morse and L. Beem (2011)
Clinical studies of biofield therapies: Summary, methodological challenges, and recommendations | S. Jain, R. Hammerschlag, P. Mills, L. Cohen, R. Krieger, C. Vieten and S. Lutgendorf (2015)
Comparison of physical therapy with energy healing for improving range of motion in subjects with restricted shoulder mobility | A. Baldwin, K. Fullmer and G. Schwartz (2013)
Effects of reiki in clinical practice: A systematic review of randomised clinical trials (Abstract) | M. Lee, M. Pittler and E. Ernst (2008)
Effects of reiki on anxiety depression pain and physiological factors in community-dwelling older adults | N. Richeson, J. Spross, K. Lutz and C. Peng (2010)
Effects of reiki on pain anxiety and blood pressure in patients undergoing knee replacement: A pilot study | A. Baldwin, A. Vitale, E. Brownell, E. Kryak and W. Rand (2017)
Effects of reiki on post-cesarean delivery pain anxiety and hemodynamic parameters: A randomized controlled clinical trial (Abstract) | T. Midilli and I. Eser (2015)
Effects of reiki versus physiotherapy on relieving lower back pain and improving activities of daily living in patients with intervertebral disc hernia | F. Jahantiqh, A. Abdollahimohammad, M. Firouzkouhi and V. Ebrahiminejad (2018)
Effect of therapeutic touch in patients with cancer: A literature review | A. Tabatabaee, M. Tafreshi, M. Rassouli, S. Aledavood, H. Alavi-Majd and S. Farahmand (2016)
An evaluation of the subjective experience of receiving reiki – Qualitative Results from a pragmatic effectiveness study (Abstract) | N. Dyer, A. Ali, A. Baldwin, S. Kowalski and W. Rand (2016)
An exploratory study of reiki experiences in women who have cancer (Abstract) | M. Kirshbaum (2016)
Integrative reiki for cancer patients: A program evaluation | K. Fleisher, E. Mackenzie, E. Frankel, C. Seluzicki, D. Casarett and J. Mao (2013)
A large-scale effectiveness trial of reiki for physical and psychological health | N. Dyer, A. Baldwin and W. Rand (2019)
The metabolic syndrome and mind-body therapies: A systematic review | J. Anderson and A. Taylor (2011)
Pilot crossover trial of reiki versus rest for treating cancer-related fatigue | K. Tsang, L. Carlson and K. Olson (2007)
A randomised controlled single-blind trial of the efficacy of reiki at benefitting mood and well-being | D. Bowden, L. Goddard and J. Gruzelier (2011)
Reiki for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy in a Brazilian hospital: A pilot study | P. Siegel, P. da Motta, L. da Silva, C. Stephan, C. Lima, and N. de Barros (2016)
Reiki is better than placebo and has broad potential as a complementary health therapy | D. McManus (2017)
Use of reiki as a biofield therapy: An adjunct to conventional medical care | S. Singg (2015)