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<journal-id>1029-3019</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[MEDISAN]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[MEDISAN]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1029-3019</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1029-30192022000100036</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Efectividad del láser de baja potencia como terapia adyuvante en pacientes con herpes zóster]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Effectiveness of the low power laser as adjuvant therapy in patients with zoster herpes]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Revilla Arias]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Haydée]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Valiente Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yamila]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Policlínico del MININT  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santiago de Cuba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>26</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>36</fpage>
<lpage>46</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1029-30192022000100036&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1029-30192022000100036&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1029-30192022000100036&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  El láser de baja potencia tiene un amplio uso en la práctica médica actual. Existe un gran número de pacientes con afecciones agudas o crónicas que pueden ser tratados con esta terapia, con resultados alentadores, muy superiores a los obtenidos con el uso de la terapéutica convencional.  Objetivo:  Evaluar la efectividad del láser de baja potencia como terapia adyuvante para reducir el tiempo de respuesta al alivio del dolor en pacientes con herpes zóster.  Métodos: Se realizó un estudio cuasiexperimental, de intervención terapéutica, en 21 pacientes con herpes zóster, atendidos en el Servicio de Fisiatría del Policlínico del MININT de Santiago de Cuba, desde enero de 2016 hasta junio de 2017. Se conformaron 2 grupos de forma aleatoria: los integrantes del primero recibieron el tratamiento habitual con aciclovir, vitaminas y analgésico (control); los del segundo, aciclovir, vitaminas y laserterapia (intervención).  Resultados:  Se observó que en el grupo de intervención la intensidad del dolor fue disminuyendo en relación con la evaluación inicial. Así, en la quinta sesión se apreció mayor porcentaje de pacientes con alivio del dolor que en el grupo control, al igual que en la décima sesión y 21 días después, de ahí la efectividad del tratamiento.  Conclusiones: Con el empleo del láser de baja potencia los pacientes con herpes zóster presentaron una mejoría del dolor en menor tiempo, con una respuesta satisfactoria expresada en la totalidad de ellos, por lo que se recomienda su utilización como terapia adyuvante.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  The low power laser has a wide use in the current medical practice. There is a great number of patients with acute or chronic conditions that can be treated with this therapy, with encouraging results, far better than those obtained with the use of conventional therapy.  Objective:  To evaluate the effectiveness of low power laser as adjuvant therapy to reduce the response time to pain relief in patients with zoster herpes.  Methods:  A quasi-experiment study of therapeutic intervention was carried out in 21 patients with zoster herpes. They were assisted in the Physical Medicine Service of the MININT Polyclinic in Santiago de Cuba, from January, 2016 to June, 2017. Two groups were conformed at random: the members of the first one received acyclovir, vitamins and lasertherapy (intervention); those of the second group received acyclovir, vitamins and analgesic (control).  Results:  It was observed that in the intervention group the intensity of the pain was diminishing in connection with the initial evaluation. This way, in the fifth session it was appreciated a higher percentage of patients with pain relief that in the control group, the same as in the tenth session and 21 days later, hence the effectiveness of the treatment.  Conclusions:  With the use of low power laser the patients with zoster herpes presented an improvement of the pain in less time, with a satisfactory response expressed in all of them, reason why its use is recommended as adjuvant therapy.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[therapy by laser]]></kwd>
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