Ear acupuncture in the treatment of migraine attacks: a randomized trial on the efficacy of appropriate versus inappropriate acupoints
| Autor: | Sara Rolando, Ilaria Castagnoli Gabellari, Rita Allais, Marco Romoli, Gisella Airola, Gianni Allais, Chiara Benedetto |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Neurology Adolescent Aura Migraine Disorders Acupuncture Ear Pain Dermatology law.invention Ear acupuncture Migraine Somatotopic representation Young Adult Randomized controlled trial law medicine Acupuncture Humans Single-Blind Method Pain Measurement business.industry Therapeutic effect Repeated measures design General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Antitragus Surgery Psychiatry and Mental health medicine.anatomical_structure Anesthesia Female Neurology (clinical) business |
| Zdroj: | Neurological Sciences. 32:173-175 |
| ISSN: | 1590-3478 1590-1874 |
| Popis: | Ear acupuncture can be a useful mean for controlling migraine pain. It has been shown that a technique called the Needle Contact Test (NCT) can identify the most efficacious ear acupoints for reducing current migraine pain through just a few seconds of needle contact. The majority of the points were located on the antero-internal part of the antitragus (area M) on the same side of pain. The aim of this study was to verify the therapeutic value of area M and to compare it with an area of the ear (representation of the sciatic nerve, area S) which probably does not have a therapeutic effect on migraine attacks. We studied 94 females suffering from migraine without aura, diagnosed according to the ICHD-II criteria, during the attack. They were randomly subdivided into two groups: in group A, tender points located in area M, positive to NCT were inserted; in group B, the unsuitable area (S) was treated. Changes in pain intensity were measured using a VAS scale at various times of the study. During treatment, there was a highly significant trend in the reduction of the VAS value in group A (Anova for repeated measures: p |
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