Browsing by Subject "Acupuncture"

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    Acupuntura, educación física y fronda: tres ejemplos de cómo aprovechar los diccionarios especializados médicos en la reconstrucción de la historia de las palabras
    (2018-02-26) Gutiérrez Rodilla, Bertha M.
    El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo mostrar de manera práctica, cómo la extraordinaria –y desconocida e infrautiliza- da– información que atesoran los diccionarios médicos del pasado nos puede servir, a veces de manera decisiva, para completar el conocimien- to sobre las palabras y su historia. No solo permiten rastrear la penetración de las diversas doctrinas, calibrar el éxito cosechado por uno o varios términos li- gados a una determinada teoría y la extensión semántica de cada una de esas voces; es que, además, nos ofrecen pistas sobre la introducción concreta de dichas voces en un determinado idioma y sobre su uso real –que puede coincidir o no con su presencia en los diccionarios de len- gua–, entre otras muchas cosas. En este artículo ilustraremos lo que decimos mediante el análisis de tres ejemplos, acupuntura, educación física y fron- da, y lo que sobre ellos allegan los diccionarios médicos publicados en España durante el siglo XIX, unos de factura original española y otros resultado de la traducción.
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    Neuromodulation effect of laser acupuncture on female stress urinary incontinence: a randomized controlled trial
    (Universidad de Murcia. Servicio de publicaciones, 2022) Abdulaziz, Khadiga S.; Hamada Mohamed, Mahmoud; Ahmed Gad, Doha Ramy; El-Din Mahmoud, Lama Saad; Atiya Elshimy, Emad Eldeen; Osman, Doaa A.
    Although the impact of electroacupuncture or needle acupuncture on stress urinary incontinence (SUI) was previously investigated, there are no previous studies that have investigated the neuromodulatory impact of laser therapy on neurogenic acupoints in women with SUI. The aim of this study was to determine the neuromodulation mechanism of laser therapy on neurogenic acupoints in women with SUI. A prospective, randomized, controlled trial, pre, and post-experimental study was carried out. Thirty women with SUI were equally assigned into two equal groups (control and study groups). The control group received pelvic floor exercises for 6 weeks (n=15), while the study group received the same pelvic floor exercises for 6 weeks in addition to laser acupuncture on neurogenic acupoints (n=15). Before and after rehabilitation, pelvic floor muscle strength (PFMS) was assessed with the XFT-0010 Pelvic Muscle Trainer device, SUI severity was assessed with the Severity Index (SI) for urinary incontinence, and the impact of SUI on quality of life (QOL) was assessed with the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Urinary Incontinence Short Form (ICIQ-SF). Comparison between the two groups after treatment showed a significant improvement in PFMS and significant reductions in scores of SI for urinary incontinence and ICIQ-SF (p<0.05). The neuromodulatory impact of laser application on neurogenic acupoints significantly increases the strength of pelvic floor muscles and significantly decreases the incontinence level and its impact on QOL in women with SUI.
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    The effect of dietary estrogens and acupuncture combined with exercise or exercise alone on bone mineral density in adolescent female athletes suffering from the female athlete triad: A randomized clinical trial
    (Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2023) Abd-Elfattah, Hanaa Mohsen; Reda Sakr, Hend; Morsi Galal, Dina Othman Shokri; Abdelkhalek, Mona; Hazim Abbassy, Amr; Emam Elnegamy, Tamer
    The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of dietary estrogens and acupuncture combined with exercise or exercise alone on bone mineral density in adolescent female athletes suffering from the female athlete triad. A single blind randomized controlled trial was carried out. A total of 44 girls (in adolescence age) diagnosed with low BMD (bone mineral density) resulting from female athlete triad participated in this study. They were divided into three equal groups (group A, B and C). Group A (n = 15) received estrogen from dietary origin in the form of soy milk or soybeans daily in the breakfast combined with weight bearing (WB) exercises. Group B (n = 15) received acupuncture therapy on the acupoints responsible for bone density according to Chinese meridians combined with WB exercises, while group C (n = 14) received WB exercises only. The program was given for 45-60 min/session, three sessions per week for 24 weeks. Z score by Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) for bone mineral density (BMD) assessment and estradiol 2 (E2) for measuring serum estrogen in blood were measured before treatment and after 24 weeks of treatment. The study groups were comparable on all outcome measures. Within-group comparison showed statistically significant improvements in all measured variables (p < 0.05). Further, between-groups comparison revealed statistically significantly higher improvements in the measured variables, in favor of group B (p < 0.05). The acupuncture sessions combined with WB exercises may be effective in improving bone mineral density in female athlete triad, rather than diet modification by adding soy phytoestrogen in meals beside exercise or exercise alone.