2015, Number 1
Drug and acupuncture therapies in neck pain relieving
Language: Spanish
References: 18
Page: 41-49
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: the high incidence of cervical pain at the consultations of health areas has motivated this study, which was carried out during year in patients with neck pain diagnosis. 10 % of the population suffers cervical pain in a specific moment of their lives; it represents an important factor for their professional lives.Objective: to compare the acupuncture efficacy and the medical treatment for relieving non-traumatic neck pain.
Methods: a comparative, open and randomized study was conducted in 100 patients of both sexes older than 18 years. They were randomly selected in Marianao municipality. Two groups of 50 patients each were formed; group A had acupuncture treatment and group B therapy had analgesics and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs. The result comparative evaluation was performed by Mc Gill modified test, on the fifth day and at the end of treatment. For data processing and analyzing, chi square test was used.
Results: there was no significant difference for pain relief in any of the treatments applied, although patients treated with acupuncture reported improvement neck pain, and a shorter treatment time.
Conclusions: both treatments are equally effective for neck pain relief, but acupuncture therapy is an option to consider due to fast pain relief.
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