Efectos de la reflexología de las manos en los ancianos hospitalizadosEffects of reflexology of the hands in the elderly hospitalized Cómo citar este artículo en edición digital: Espirito Santo, F.H., Chibante, C.L.P., Deus, M.C. de., Izidoro, V.S. & Lorena, C.S. (2016). Efeitos da reflexologia das mãos em idosos hospitalizados. Cultura de los Cuidados (Edición digital), 20(45). ABSTRACTThis research aimed to check the effects of reflexology of the hands in the elderly hospitalized. Consists of a clinical trial of type before and after, performed with 50 elderly inpatients in clinical medical and surgical wards of a university hospital. Three consultations were held of reflexology 48 hour interval being that 50 elderly made an consultation, 23 two consultations and 12 three consultations with control of the vital signs before and after each query, whose data were subjected to statistical