EFFECTS OF ACUPUNCTURE AND ELECTROACUPUNCTURE ON DIABETIC NEUROPATHY: INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

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https://doi.org/10.47820/recima21.v4i2.2645

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Acupuncture, Electroacupuncture, Neuropathy, Diabetic neuropathy, Diabetes

Abstract

Objective: to identify in the production of knowledge the effects of acupuncture and electroacupuncture on diabetic neuropathy and the acupoints adopted by the researchers. Method: an integrative review study carried out at PubMed; SciELO; Scopus; PEDro and Web of Science, by the PICOT guiding criteria; through DECs and MeSH: acupuncture, electroacupuncture, neuropathy, diabetic neuropathy, diabetes, in Portuguese, Spanish and English. The inclusion criteria were: original articles made available in full, in the selected databases, which presented adherence to the theme in Portuguese, Spanish and English, published between the years 2017 and 2022, in order to identify evidence of the theme in question published in the last 05 (five) years. Results: the sample included 15 international articles with different methodological approaches and investigative contexts, published between 2017 and 2022. Conclusion: acupuncture and electroacupuncture have positive effects on diabetic neuropathy, acting by promoting analgesia, anti-inflammatory effect, improvement in the neural and nervous response, providing progress in the motor response, as well as there are indications that there is an improvement in the circulatory condition, since there is a promotion of microcirculation in the place where the stimulus is applied or directed. It is concluded in this way that the symptomatological improvements are due to the syndromic diagnosis, which will lead the acupuncturist to the appropriate choice of acupoints.

 

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Author Biographies

  • Fabiana Lopes Joaquim, Federal Fluminense University

    Nurse. Doctor and Master in Health Care Sciences by the Fluminense Federal University. Specialist in Acupuncture by Faculdades Integradas Ipitanga (FACIIP) and in Acupuncture and Electroacupuncture by the Brazilian Academy of Oriental Art and Science (ABACO). Professor of the Lato Sensu Postgraduate Course in Infection Control in Health Care at the Fluminense Federal University

  • Marlon Messias de Carvalho Soares, Brazilian Academy of Art and Oriental Science

    Physiotherapist. Specialist in Acupuncture by the Brazilian Academy of Art and Oriental Science (ABACO). Teacher of the Lato Sensu Postgraduate Course in Acupuncture at the Brazilian Academy of Oriental Arts and Science (ABACO).

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Published

01/02/2023

How to Cite

EFFECTS OF ACUPUNCTURE AND ELECTROACUPUNCTURE ON DIABETIC NEUROPATHY: INTEGRATIVE REVIEW. (2023). RECIMA21 - Revista Científica Multidisciplinar - ISSN 2675-6218, 4(2), e422645. https://doi.org/10.47820/recima21.v4i2.2645