Integration of the therapeutic massage with the conventional treatment in patients diagnosed of fibromyalgia

Authors

  • Adrián A Valdés González Centro Provincial para el Desarrollo de la Medicina Tradicional y Natural Dr. Mario E. Dihigo. Matanzas
  • Noelvis Paz Gómez Dirección Provincial De Salud Pública. Matanzas
  • Osmany Ramos Marrero Centro Provincial para el Desarrollo de la Medicina Tradicional y Natural Dr. Mario E. Dihigo. Matanzas
  • Eva M Castro Morillo Centro Provincial para el Desarrollo de la Medicina Tradicional y Natural Dr. Mario E. Dihigo. Matanzas
  • Elia Oviedo Tápanez Centro Provincial para el Desarrollo de la Medicina Tradicional y Natural Dr. Mario E. Dihigo. Matanzas

Keywords:

fibromyalgia, massage, medicine, traditional, alternative medicine, pharmaceutical care

Abstract

We carried out an experimental study at the Provincial Centre for the Development of the Natural and Traditional Medicine, Matanzas, in the period from January to December 2010, with the objective of assessing the integration of the therapeutic massage with the conventional treatment in patients diagnosed with primary fibromyalgia. For the study we formed two groups, randomly selected, of 30 female patients each one. The experimental group received, besides the common treatment, 10 sessions of therapeutic massage, three times a week, every other day, and the conventional group was maintained under the conventional treatment. It was demonstrated the effectiveness of the massage and the advantage of the no longer use of drugs during the crisis periods of this chronic disease, and also how to affront the adverse and undesirable affects of the drugs intake.

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Valdés González AA, Paz Gómez N, Ramos Marrero O, Castro Morillo EM, Oviedo Tápanez E. Integration of the therapeutic massage with the conventional treatment in patients diagnosed of fibromyalgia. Rev Méd Electrón [Internet]. 2014 Mar. 27 [cited 2025 Jan. 10];33(6):710-7. Available from: https://revmedicaelectronica.sld.cu/index.php/rme/article/view/882

Issue

Vol. 33 No. 6 (2011)

Section

Research article

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