Effect Of The Auricular Accupoint Associated To Physical Exercise In Elderly People: A Randomized Clinical Test

To analyze the effect of auricular acupoint associated with physical exercise on balance, mobility and fear of falling in the elderly. The study is characterized as a clinical, controlled and randomized trial with 22 elderly sampled divided into two groups: kinesiotherapy group (KG, n = 11) and kinesiotherapy/auriculotherapy group (AKG, n = 11). The instruments used for evaluation were Falls Efficacy Scale International (FES-I); Berg Balance Scale (BBS) and Timed up and Go Test (TUG). The intervention was performed with frequency 2x/week for eight weeks. The AKG in addition to kinesiotherapy was applied auriculotherapy in specific acupoints. All variables were analyzed by the Shapiro Wilk tests and for comparison ANOVA was used repeated measures two factors. There was a significant intragroup reduction for the TUG (p = 0.00) and FES-I (p = 0.00) and significant intragroup EEBerg (p = 0.00) for both groups. The auricular acupoint did not influence the balance, mobility and fear of falling in the elderly studied.