Entries by Ruth McKlusky
Current Status of Reiki Research 2024
By Ann Baldwin, PhD, Professor Emerita of Physiology, University of Arizona; Director of Mind-Body-Science; and Editor-in-Chief, Center for Reiki Research According to the NIH National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health web site entry for Reiki (last updated in December 2018): “Reiki hasn’t been clearly shown to be effective for any health-related purpose. It has […]
2024 International Reiki Research Conference Proceedings Now Available
The 2024 International Reiki Research Conference proceedings, along with the 2023 Reiki Research Conference proceedings and all CRR’s past webinars, are available in video on demand here.
New Guidelines for Reporting Clinical Trials of Biofield Therapies
A paper recently published in the Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine presents comprehensive guidelines developed to help improve reporting of clinical trials of biofield therapies including Reiki. The guidelines, called Biofield Therapies: Reporting Evidence Guidelines (BiFi REGs), supplement CONSORT 2010 by including details of the intervention protocols relevant to biofield therapy trials. Authors Richard Hammerschlag, Meredith […]
Reiki Reduces Phantom Pain in Individuals After Amputation
Available to all CRR members, our Reiki Research List contains more than 130 links to published abstracts devoted to Reiki clinical and preclinical research; while our Reiki Research Summaries, available to associate and professional members, comprise several peer-reviewed evaluations combined into an easily understandable one-page summary. The latest research summary, for example, reviews […]
