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Hi All,

 

See this:

 

Okada DM, Onishi ET, Chami FI, Borin A, Cassola N, Guerreiro VM.

[Acupuncture for tinnitus immediate relief][Article in Portuguese] Rev

Bras Otorrinolaringol (Engl Ed). 2006 Mar-Apr;72(2):182-6. UNIFESP-

EPM. The treatment of tinnitus, which is defined as conscientious

perception of a sound originated in the ears or nervous system,

represents until the current days a great challenge. The use of

Acupuncture (ACP) is based on the stimulation with needles of specific

points on the human anatomy. A prospective, randomized and double-

blinded study was carried through in 76 patients taken care of in the

Clinic of Tinnitus of the Department of Otorhinolaringology and Head

and Neck Surgery of the UNIFESP-EPM in the period understood

between April and June of 2005. All the patients had humming

complaint and had been submitted to clinical anamnese, physical

examination and subsidiary exams in order to investigate its etiology.

The patients then were directed to a first researcher that determined an

initial numeric value of the humming through Visual Analoge

Scale(VAS), varying from 0 to 10 points. After this, had been directed

for another room in which an acupuncturist doctor, who did not have

access to the initial evaluation, separated the patients in Group Control

and Group Study according to the attendance order, in alternating way.

The ACP point used in patients of the Group Study places 6,5 cm above

of the apex of the auditory pavilion in the parietal region. The point used

in the Group Control places 3 cm above of the previous point, in the

same vertical line. Then they had been sent back to the initial room for

a new evaluation by the first researcher, where they had been guided to

redefine the subjective score of the humming. Among the 76 studied

patients, 29 were male (38,2%) and 47 female (61,8%), with average

age 56,9 + 12,0 years. The Groups Study and Control had counted on

38 patients each. Through the Anova test it was evidenced that it had

significant difference (p<0,001) between the moments pre and post

needling and that in the group Study this improvement is more evident

(p=0,0127). The t-independent test showed that it had a significant

difference (p=0,017) between the two moments in the groups Study and

Control. We conclude that there was significant reduction of the

counting of the moments pre and post needling in both the groups, and

in the group study the reduction is greater that in the group control.

PMID: 16951850 [PubMed - in process]

 

 

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