O efeito da acupuntura sobre os níveis de cortisol, adenosina deaminase e citocinas em atletas corredores e sua influência na dor

Abstract

Acupuncture is an intervention based on Traditional Chinese Medicine, implemented in the Unified Health System as a Complementary Integrative Practice, which contributes to the treatment of various pathologies including painful conditions. Pain is a condition often experienced by athletes, especially during training periods for competitions and can be characterized by late-onset muscle pain, which presents clinical signs such as muscle pain, sensitivity and decreased range of motion in the joint and limits the performance of the joint. athlete in exercise. The excitation of sensory fibers in the muscles, through acupuncture, sends a message to the posterior horn of the spinal cord, causing the stimulus to reach the hypothalamus and induce the release of adrenocorticotropicoid hormone, which in its final sequence promotes the release of glucocorticoids, in addition to recruit various immune system cells and other metabolites. We can observe that the pain process, especially in running athletes, can interfere with some stress and inflammation markers such as cortisol, adenosine deaminase and pro and anti-inflammatory cytokines. Thus, the present work aims to evaluate the effect of acupuncture and its influence on the perception of pain in athletes during the training period, through the measurement of markers such as cortisol, adenosine deaminase and cytokines, in addition to quantifying the perception of pain in athletes through a validated questionnaire (VAS) Visual Analog Pain Scale after acupuncture intervention in competitive athlete subjects. Through immunological analysis and biological markers, it can be seen that there was a percentage variation in the level of pain within the time interval, in addition to an important effect on the cortisol and adenosine deaminase parameters according to the applied statistics and the analyzed cytokines were observed some correlations.