Abstract

ZUNIGA MONIER, Bioleidis; CABALLERO ORDUNO, Adis; SUAREZ SANCHEZ, Oscar Mariano  and  MESA DIAZ, Marcia Evia. Effectiveness of the acupunctural therapy combined with massage in patients with acute unspecific low back pain. MEDISAN [online]. 2016, vol.20, n.3, pp. 336-343. ISSN 1029-3019.

A therapeutic intervention in 300 patients with diagnosis of acute unspecific low back pain, assisted in the Natural and Traditional Medicine Development Provincial Center from "Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso" Teaching General Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, was carried out from February, 2012 to the same month in 2014, aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of the rehabilitation treatment. The sample was divided in 2 groups of 150 members each (case and control), which were selected at random. Those from the first group received acupuncture combined with massage; those from the second, received established treatment according to the traditional diagnosis. Finally, the combination of these therapies with tuina massage procedures was very useful in the rehabilitation of those affected by this pain

Keywords : natural and traditional medicine; acupuncture; massage; unspecific low back pain; rehabilitation treatment.

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