Cordero MR, Pérez CI, Rodríguez CR, Díaz DSM, Veloz RI, Luna Rodríguez-Gallo JA

Language: Spanish
References: 15
Page:
PDF size: 161.06 Kb.

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Lumbar pain constitutes the first world wide problem to attend a medical consultation and, at the some time, one of the main causes of absence to work of people between 25 and 60 years old.
Objective: evaluate the benefits of the use of combined massage with acupuncture in the treatmen of lumbar pain in patients treated at Hospital Provincial Docente de Rehabilitación "Dr. Faustino Pérez Hernández". Sancti Spíritus, Cuba.
Method: a sample of 50 patients of both sexs was included, these patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Different test were applied such as the structured interview, the numbered pain scale and frequency of pain crisis before and after the treatment. In the different therapeutics the massage and acupuncture excel.
Results: after applying the combined treatment significant changes in the degree and intensity of pain were found. Tuina massage and acupuncture are techniques of the bioenergetic medicine that balance the energy of the body and restore health. The frequency of the crisis varies and the intensity of the pain diminishes with these therapies.
Conclusion: tuina massage combined with acupuncture is effective in the treatment of lumbar pain.

REFERENCES

1. Escofet Roig: En la consulta diaria. Publicaciones Médicas. Barcelona. EMSA, Barcelona. 2008: (1116-1122).

2. MINSAP. Anuario Estadístico. Dirección Nacional de Estadística, MINSAP. Ciudad Habana, 2009.

3. Rodríguez, JM. Electroterapia en fisioterapia. Editorial Médica Panamericana. Madrid. España. 2000.

4. Guevara V, De Lille R. ¿Es mesurable el dolor? Rev Anest Mex 2008; 7(1):13-21.

5. Bravo AT, Santos DD, García JA, Fernández MI. Utilidad de la magnetoterapia en la sacrolumbalgia Crónica. Revista de Investigaciones Médico Quirúrgicas 2008; 1(1)

6. Zhang A, Feng D. Masaje práctico de china. Editorial de Ciencias Médicas. La Habana, 1995.

7. Instituto de MTC de Yunnan: Fundamentos de Tuina. 1997. DL: B-36.781/97. Edita: Fundación Europea de Medicina Tradicional China. 2009

8. J. Ylienen y M. Cash, Masaje Deportivo, Hispano Europea 2011.

9. I. P. Rolf, Rolfing, La integración de las estructuras del cuerpo humano, Ediciones Urano. Septiembre 2010.

10. Krusen Medicina Física y Rehabilitación. Tomo II. Editorial Panamericana. (CDROM). 2008.

11. Cavanaughand M J, Weinstein N J. Low back pain. Epidemiology, anatomy and neurophysiology. Texbook of pain. Third Edition. 2004: 441-53.

12. Heim U, Baltens Weiler J. Guía de traumatología. Segunda Edición. Barcelona. Edifarma ,2007; p. 136-50, 318-36.

13. Sharpe AP, Williams GH, Hussey RJ. Granner LM. A randomised study of the effects of massage therapy compared to guided relaxation on well-being and stress perception among older adults. Complementary Therapies in Medicine (2007) 15, 57-163.

14. Shrikhande AA, Schulman AR, Lerner SB, Moroz A. Acupuncture for Treatment of Chronic Low-Back Pain Caused by Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Case Series. Medical Acupuncture 23, Number 3, 2011(187-191).

15. Hidalgo de Caviedes y Gortz. A, Murillo Martínez, JP, Sevilla Marcos JM. Valoración de las secuelas traumáticas de aparato locomotor, Madrid. Ibermutus .2008; 184-8, 195-207,450-3.