International Journal of Advanced Engineering Research
and Science (IJAERS)
Peer-Reviewed Journal
ISSN: 2349-6495(P) | 2456-1908(O)
Vol-9, Issue-9; Sep, 2022
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Article DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijaers.99.23
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Integration of Acupuncture as a Rehabilitation Model
Applied in the Integral University Clinic of the State
University of the Ecatepec Valley
Angèlica Castañeda Duarte, Miguel Alberto Gutiérrez Nava, Irma García Moreno, Ana
Lilia González Santiago,
Full-time Professor at the Ecatepec Valley State University
Received: 10 Aug 2022,
Received in revised form: 08 Sep 2022,
Accepted: 12 Sep 2022,
Available online: 19 Sep 2022
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Keywords— Acupuncture, Rehabilitation,
Chinese Medicine
Abstract— Mexico is a country with deep-rooted uses and customs,
mainly in health care, different practices have been carried out that have
passed from generation to generation, within these practices are
herbalism and the use of massage that today belong to the complementary
medicine sector The Integral University Clinic represents a community
service space, it has a care model conceptualized according to the profiles
of each career to meet the needs in terms of health and social intervention
of the population of the region of Ecatepec and the surrounding
municipalities, offering a different care service where the knowledge,
skills and abilities acquired in the classroom are integrated. In this way,
UNEVE fulfills its social commitment by linking the University with its
environment in order to strengthen the role of the institution in society;
promote resources for the solution of community problems; foster a sense
of social responsibility among students and contribute to training for the
professional performance of service provider students, so that it is
understood as an academic activity and on the other hand, an awareness
of solidarity with the society to which it is promoted is fostered. belongs.
METHODOLOGY A retrospective, comparative review of the registry of
consultations of the Integral University Clinic (CIU) corresponding to the
period March-April 2014-2015 was carried out, in order to establish the
importance of treatment with Rehabilitative Acupuncture, and that said
model can be replicated by different health institutions in Mexico.
OBJECTIVE. Analyze the epidemiological report prepared by the
students, the data presented and interpret the data obtained, Integrate and
analyze the variables based on the treatment and improvement of the
applied treatments. RESULTS. In the Integral University Clinic (CIU),
acupuncture, chiropractic and gerontology services are offered, every six
months the students enter in order to carry out clinical practices in the
month of September the students of the Lic Rehabilitative Human
Acupuncture entered the area of Rehabilitation, from admission to
November of the same year, 90 consultations were attended, of which, they
were provided to people from 13 years old to more than 62 years old, we
divided it by age group in decades, being patients 51 years old and older,
those more attended the consultations followed by the group of 29 to 50