AURICULAR ACUPUNCTURE TO THE REDUCTION OF BODY MASS INDEX: A RETROSPECT REPORT OF CASES

Authors

  • DENISE VELOSO QUEIROZ MOREIRA
  • SANDRA SILVÉRIO LOPES

Keywords:

Auricular Acupuncture, Body mass index, Workers.

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the therapeutics results of the appointment records of the workers of a metallurgical plant in São José dos Pinhais – PR, that applied auricular acupuncture treatment to reduce the body mass index (BMI). Methodology: this study was quantitative, with data from a database, with a retrospective profile. The database was the appointment records from the occupational healthy sector of the company, with workers from different job possitions. The sample was composed by 10 records of volunteers of different gender, between 20 and 50 years old, and through the results of the physical assessment done in the plant had a BMI ? 25. Results:The analysis of the results indicates an average reduction of the group from -1,25kg/m2 and -1,90 cm in the Body Mass Index and Abdominal Circumference, respectively. Conclusion: the study indicates that the use of auricular acupuncture in the treatment of obesity was positive, but discrete, in the reduction of the body mass index, and also was a stimulus to the adoption of a healthy lifestyle to the workers.

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MOREIRA, D. V. Q., & LOPES, S. S. (2013). AURICULAR ACUPUNCTURE TO THE REDUCTION OF BODY MASS INDEX: A RETROSPECT REPORT OF CASES. Fiep Bulletin - Online, 83(2). Retrieved from https://www.fiepbulletin.net/fiepbulletin/article/view/2672

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TRABALHOS PUBLICADOS