Action of ear acupuncture in people with chronic pain in the spinal column

a randomized clinical trial

Authors

  • Caroline de Castro Moura Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Escola de Enfermagem
  • Denise Hollanda Iunes Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Departamento de Fisioterapia
  • Silvia Graciela Ruginsk Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas
  • Valéria Helena Salgado Souza Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologias de Campos Gerais, Departamento de Enfermagem
  • Bianca Bacelar de Assis Universidade Federal de Alfenas
  • Erika de Cássia Lopes Chaves Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Escola de Enfermagem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.2678.3050

Keywords:

Chronic Pain, Back Pain, Acupuncture, Ear, Rehabilitation, Complementary Therapies, Nursing

Abstract

Objectives: to assess the action of ear acupuncture on disability and tissue temperature in people with chronic pain in the spinal column. Method: a clinical trial with a sample of 110 people, randomized into three groups: Treatment, Placebo and Control. The assessment instruments were the Rolland Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ) and a thermographic camera, administered before the first treatment session, one week after and 15 days after (follow-up) the fifth session of ear acupuncture. In the analysis of the data, the Kruskal Wallis, Student-Newman Keuls and Wilcoxon tests were applied. Results: there was a significant reduction in disability in the Treatment and Placebo groups between the initial and final assessments (p<0.05) and between the initial assessments and follow-up (p<0.05). In the final assessment, the Treatment group presented improvement of disability when compared with the Placebo and Control groups (p<0.05). There was an increase in mean tissue temperature of the dorsal region between the initial and follow-up assessments in Treatment and Control groups (p<0.05), and between the final assessments and follow-up in the Treatment and Placebo groups (p<0.05). Conclusion: ear acupuncture was efficacious in reducing disability and increasing tissue temperature in people with chronic pain in the spinal column. Brazilian Register of Clinical Trials (RBR-5X69X2).

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Published

2019-03-22

Issue

Vol. 26 (2018)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Action of ear acupuncture in people with chronic pain in the spinal column: a randomized clinical trial. (2019). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 26, e3050. https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.2678.3050