Efectividad de la digitopuntura en el dolor de la cefalea tensional

Abstract

Introduction: acupressure is a manual alternative technique that favors us to help relieve different types of pain such as tension headache, this is a pathology with a high socioeconomic impact prevalence and the world health organization (WHO) recognized it as a import public health problem. The objective is to analyze the efficacy of acupressure in tension headache pain. The materials that were used are investigations of scientific articles, clinical studies in the last 5 years and alternative medicine books. Results: 10 scientific studies were selected. Of which I have considered of importance for this systematic study 5 studies that showed favorable results reducing the frequency and intensity of headache pain, improving the quality of life of patients. Conclusion: it was possible to show that acupressure was an effective therapeutic measure for pain management in these patients.