Efecto de la neuromodulación percutánea con acupuntura en el síndrome del piriforme

Abstract

This syndrome is caused by the compression of the piriformis muscle on the sciatic nerve, causing a clinical picture such as pain in the gluteal area, tingling sensation or numbness. It is more common in women between the fourth and fifth decades of life. In Traditional Chinese Medicine it is treated as a Bi-obstructive syndrome, considered as a disorder in the energy dynamics causing stagnation of Qi or Xue in the meridians and collaterals. A longitudinal and prospective temporal sequence experimental case study was carried out, where acupuncture and TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) were applied on the V 54 Zhi Bian and V 40 Wei Zhong points, whose main purpose was to evaluate the effect of percutaneous acupunctural neuromodulation. The patient after 8 treatment sessions obtained an 85% improvement in pain reduction and increased mobility arches over the hip joint by 95%.