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GAY MUGUERCIA, Mercedes; CARRION CABRERA, Pedro A.  y  LOPEZ VERANES, Felipa Nerys. Effectiveness of acupuncture with tacks in affected patients with epicondilytis. MEDISAN [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.6, pp. 820-824. ISSN 1029-3019.

A therapeutic intervention in 20 patients with epicondilytis, transferred from the Orthopedics Department to the Traditional Natural Medicine Department from "Saturnino Lora Torres" Teaching Clinical Surgical Provincial Hospital in Santiago de Cuba was carried out from September to December of 2012, aimed at determining the effectiveness of the acupuncture with tacks in them. Those affected were evaluated and, were randomly distributed into 2 groups of 10 members each: the study group which received acupuncture (needles of 0.2 mm) in a permanent way in the points Ashi and in the IG-11, and the control group, conventionally treated with anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs. After the therapies were applied, patients were evaluated after 5, 10 and 15 days, keeping in mind the clinical pattern manifested by pain, inflammation and functional impotence. The regression of the symptoms was evaluated by the analogical visual scale, and a marked effectiveness of the treatment was obtained with acupuncture in relation to the drug treatment

Palabras clave : epicondilytis; acupuncture with tacks; Chinese traditional medicine; therapeutic effectiveness; secondary health care.

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