Action of Acupuncture on the ear to reduce pain in muscles and bones

INTERVENTION: E02.190.044.133 It will be held as intervention for the four treatment groups with auricular acupuncture. Auricular acupuncture is applied in four volunteer groups: Experimental group 1‐50 individuals (men and women) will receive auricular acupuncture intervention for chronic musculoskeletal pain in the spine according to the precepts of traditional Chinese medicine; for this, the ear points will be applied: Shenmen, Rim, sympathetic associated with parts of the energy balance and location of pain complaint in the spine, namely the cervical vertebrae, thoracic and / or lumbar. The procedure will be performed by a qualified professional, applied and sterile semi‐permanent needles for 10 sessions veze one a week for two months. Experimental group 2‐50 individuals (men and women) will receive auricular acupuncture intervention for chronic musculoskeletal pain in the spine according to the precepts of the French line; for this, the ear points will be applied: Zero, cervical Vertebra, thoracic vertebra, lumbar vertebra, Synthesis. The procedure will be performed by a qualified professional, applied and sterile semi‐permanent needles for 10 sessions once a week for two months. Placebo group ‐ 50 individuals (men and women) will receive the intervention of auricular acupuncture on a headset spot that is not related to the focus of observation; this will be applied to the eye point, that alone will not cause any effect on the individual. The procedure will be performed by a qualified professional, applied and sterile semi‐permanent needles for ten sessions once a week for two months. Group Control‐ 50 individuals (men and women) will not receive the intervention headset, but evaluation will be along for the presence and intensity of pain in four times every 15 days. CONDITION: C05.651.538 C10.597.617.258 Musculoskeletal pain and chronic pain ; C05.651.538 ; C10.597.617.258 PRIMARY OUTCOME: Auricular acupuncture action in reducing chronic pain affecting the cervical, thoracic and lumbar regions in people with musculoskeletal disorders, within two months: before, during, after the application of ear acupuncture, and fifteen days after the end treatment. Pain intensity will be verified by varying the pressure pain threshold at predetermined points along the spine, which is measured by a digital algometer x Force in kilograms / square centimeter, from the finding of a change of at least five percent in pre and post intervention measurements. SECONDARY OUTCOME: Heart rate before, during, after the application of ear acupuncture, and fifteen days after the end of treatment. Heart rate is measured by the digital esfigmonanômetro. Will be held the measurement on the left arm of the individual, remaining at the technical, the member at heart level (level of the midpoint of the sternum or fourth intercostal space), free clothes, supported, with the palm of the hand facing up and the elbow slightly flexed. ; Respiratory rate before, during, after the application of ear acupuncture, and fifteen days after the end of treatment. Respiratory rate will be measured by palpation of the chest and the count of the thoracic respiratory motion during the period of one minute, using an analog clock. ; Temperature of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar before, during, after the application of ear acupuncture, and fifteen days after the end of treatment. To evaluate the temperature of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar regions will be images taken by an infrared sensor positioned horizontally at a distance of one meter and forty centimeters and vertically set in the last sacral vertebra volunteer. For this evaluation, the room will be pre‐heated at twenty‐three degrees Celsius for twenty minutes. The volunteer will wait for fifteen minutes at rest before the image is taken. Each participant will be in the standing position, remaining top and shorts. To obtain thermographic images, the subject will remain on your back with arms at your sides. INCLUSION CRITERIA: Size of Target Sample: 200. Age (18 years or more); orientation in time; place and person; report the presence of chronic pain (existing for six months or more); score more than four on the Numerical Pain Intensity Scale; have availability of time for submission to auricular acupuncture sessions.