Shiatsu (acupressure) usefulness in the treatment of High Blood Pressure.

Abstract

It was carried out a study to a group of patient at the therapeutics area from the Provincial Sport Medicine Center at Santiago de Cuba during the period of time from January to June 2008. The research objective is to evaluate shiatsu usefulness in the treatment of high blood pressure. It was represented by 23 patients, the sample showed a 100%. To the results validation it was used the percentage as a summary measure, as well as the parametric method (chi cuadrado), with a permissive error of 5 %. The high percentage of patients presented a satisfactory answer  to  the  treatment,  showing  the  clinical  benefits  of  this  therapy an alternative treatment high blood pressure, so as the improvement of people's life quality. We suggest the use of this treatment in other therapeutics areas in order to obtain satisfactory results at a short time.