Abstract

REYES PUPO, Carmen M  and  GONZALEZ GONZALEZ, Arminda. Laser Puncture Treatment for Epicondylitis. Traditional and Natural Medicine Hospital. CCM [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.1, pp. 165-167. ISSN 1560-4381.

Introduction: elbow epicondylitis is an extra join affection of the joint caused by an inflammation of the muscular insertions in the epicondyles of the humerus. Objective: to determine the response to the treatment of the epicondylitis with the application of laser puncture as a therapeutical method. Methods: a non-randomized clinical trial, in patient attended for epicondylitis at the Traditional and Natural Medicine University Hospital was carried out between January 2006 and February 2007. The universe and the sample represented 100 patients. 50% of them received laser puncture and the rest were given anti-inflammatories, analgesics and physiotherapy treatment. Results: in both groups the affection to the lateral epicondyle predominated: 82% of the group treated with laser puncture and 72% in the second group. The response to the treatment with laser puncture was satisfactory between the fifth and the tenth day with the use of laser puncture. The use of laser in acupunctural points was satisfactory in 96% of patients as compared with 60% treated with the traditional method. Conclusions: lateral epicondylitis predominated, and the syndrome by stagnation of energy as traditional diagnosis. The patients in the group treated with laser puncture had a satisfactory evolution higher than those of the conventional group; the response to this treatment was evident between the fifth and the tenth day.

Keywords : laser puncture; epicondylitis; clinical trial.

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