Pain treatment with acupuncture for patients with fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is a chronic, painful musculoskeletal syndrome of unknown etiopathogenesis. In addition to medicamentous and physical and psychologic therapies, several other adjunct therapies have been used as alternatives in the attempt to obtain analgesia and decrease the symptoms that are character...

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Published in:Current pain and headache reports 2002-10, Vol.6 (5), p.379-383
Main Authors: Targino, Rosa A, Imamura, Marta, Kaziyama, Helena H S, Souza, Luiz P M, Hsing, Wu T, Imamura, Satiko T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acupuncture
Clinical Trials as Topic
Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia - complications
Fibromyalgia - therapy
Humans
Pain - etiology
Pain Management
Pain Measurement
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Summary:Fibromyalgia is a chronic, painful musculoskeletal syndrome of unknown etiopathogenesis. In addition to medicamentous and physical and psychologic therapies, several other adjunct therapies have been used as alternatives in the attempt to obtain analgesia and decrease the symptoms that are characteristic of this problem. This article presents a literary review on the use of acupuncture as an adjunct or chief treatment for patients with fibromyalgia, comparing it with an ongoing clinical experience that has been carried out at Hospital das Clínicas in the city of São Paulo. The results were found by applying traditional acupuncture, which demonstrated positive rates in the Visual Analogue Scale, myalgic index, number of tender points, and improvement in quality of life based on the SF-36 questionnaire.
ISSN:1531-3433
1534-3081
DOI:10.1007/s11916-002-0080-z