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Conclusions: The acupuncture can be the key to change their psychosocial development through improvement of
facial expression. Slower than surgical operations, but avoiding traumatic experiences for the children, and this is just
the beginning. A more long time treatment with acupuncture could make obtain much more benefits to improve their life.
ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT EFFECT ON THE OXIDATIVE STRESS
R.C. Silva Filho, M.M. Sampaio, R. Cecilio
Brazilian School of Chinese Medicine (EBRAMEC) - FMU University
Introduction: One of the mechanisms related to disorders in the body is the action of free radicals (FR), which
are constantly produced. They are fought by antioxidants, acquired mainly through food and endogenous synthesis.
When the production of FR is greater than the capacity of the antioxidants the result is oxidative stress and,
consequently occur cell death, loss of proteins, changes in the genes, general disorder, disease and aging.
Objective: Verify if acupuncture can reduce the oxidative stress, providing improvement in quality of life.
Method: 31 volunteers were randomically assigned to 3 groups. Group I: real treatment group with body (ST36,
SP6, KI3, LV3 and Yintang) and ear acupoints (endocrine, subcortex, Lung, Kidney, Liver Shenmen, Ear apex). Group
II: Sham treatment group with points away from the real acupoints in the body and ear. Group III: control group. All
volunteers had their bloog samples collected in four moments, before the treatment each week, where group I and
II received acupuncture twice a week and group III just came for the blood to be collected. Oxidative stress was
assessed by determining the MDA (product of oxidation of lipids), whose technique was described by Satoh, et al.
(1979), and nitric oxide, the main kind of reactive nitrogen, through the technique described by Ding, et al. (1988).
Results: There was a very significant improvement in Group I both in reducing lipid peroxidation as nitric oxide.
In Group II there was also an improvement, but not significant as in Group I. In the control group, all samples showed
the same level without improvements or worsening.
Conclusion: We observed a great improvement in the Group I in a way it was possible to conclude that
acupuncture can really interfere positively in oxidative stress. But further studies should be conducted with better
method and larger samples.
EVALUATION OF THE ANALGESIC EFFECTS OF A SINGLE POINT INPATIENTS UNDER ADJUSTMENTS OF
FIXED ORTHODONTIC APPARATUS
R.C. Silva Filho, A.F. Sacoman, G.C. Sales
Brazilian School of Chinese Medicine (EBRAMEC)
Introduction: Pain is characterized as an organic stimulation of reply of the organism, due to the alterations that
harm its full functioning. Beyond the conventional methods, acupuncture appears in dentistry as efficient alternative
method and with good results in many alterations of the estomatognatic system.
Objective: Evaluate the analgesic effect of acupuncture, in patients using fixed orthodontic apparatus (FOA)
submitted to habitual adjustments.
Method: 150 patients were randomically divided in two groups. For the treatment group (82) LI4 (Hegu) was
stimulated bilaterally fixing intradermal needles for 3 days, and the for the control group (68) only a small piece of tape
was fixed on the same points, also for 3 days always following the adjustment of the FOA. The intensity of pain was
assessed through a visual analog scale (VAS) for pain from 0 (no pain) to 10 (unbearable pain).
Results: In the treatment group 69 (84%) patients presented more than 50% of pain relief, including 43 (52%) with
total reduction of pain. In the control group only 24 (36%) patients presented more than 50% of pain relief, with 25
patients (37%) with no improvement.
Conclusion: Based on our findings we concluded that acupuncture can be a very important tool for professionals
leading with patients with FOA post adjustment pain.
WRIST-ANKLE ACUPUNCTURE ON LOW BACK PAIN
R.C. Silva Filho, R.A. Balthazar
Brazilian School of Chinese Medicine (EBRAMEC)
Introduction: Low back pain affects around 60-80% of the population during their lives, so it is a very important public
health problem ad acupuncture has been used in this condition for a long time. Wrist-Ankle Acupuncture (WAA) is a
recent technique in the history of China, being indicated to the treatment of problems a long specific lines in the body.
Objective: Verify the analgesic effects of WAA on low-back pain. METHOD: 05 patients, from 32 to 72 years of
age with low-back pain for about 07 days were selected. Based on WAA vertical lines 1 or 2 points were selected on
the ankle during 4 treatments. The pain was assessed through a visual analog scale (VAS) for pain from 0 (no pain)
to 10 (unbearable pain).
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