%0 Journal Article %1 garridosuarez2013evolucin %A Garrido-Suárez, Bárbara B. %D 2013 %J J Pharm Pharmacogn Res 1(1): 2-29. %K electroacupuncture epistemology pain %N 1 %P 2-29 %T Evolución histórica de la epistemología y el estudio del dolor: Lugar de la neuromodulación electroacupuntural en las investigaciones del dolor experimental ι Historical development of epistemology and the study of pain: Place of neuromodulation of electroacupuncture in the experimental pain research. %U http://jppres.com/jppres/pdf/vol1/1_1_2.pdf %V 1 %X Despite the diffusion of acupuncture and its related techniques in Cuba and the World, its mechanism of action is still controversial, being considered by the most sceptics as placebo or some kind oriental myth, and it only should by related to this subjects as a matter of cultural-historical elements and not to science. The purpose of this revision is to characterize the pain sensation, after a critical analysis of the different philosophical streams related to the human knowledge and its expression in the historical evolution of the algology. On the other hand, to emphasize the importance of electroacupuncture-induced neuro-modulation in the field of experimental pain researches. In this content will be analyzed the concept of Khun paradigm and his ideas about the structure of scientific revolution in the theory of gates control and the explosion of pain researches in the last decades. It will related the introduction to acupuncture and its techniques in pain clinics, with scientific context of the historical moment. In addition, a space will be dedicated to the topic of complementary and alternative medicine on the century of evidence based medicine, given its scientific needs of validation in ours times.

@article{garridosuarez2013evolucin, abstract = {Despite the diffusion of acupuncture and its related techniques in Cuba and the World, its mechanism of action is still controversial, being considered by the most sceptics as placebo or some kind oriental myth, and it only should by related to this subjects as a matter of cultural-historical elements and not to science. The purpose of this revision is to characterize the pain sensation, after a critical analysis of the different philosophical streams related to the human knowledge and its expression in the historical evolution of the algology. On the other hand, to emphasize the importance of electroacupuncture-induced neuro-modulation in the field of experimental pain researches. In this content will be analyzed the concept of Khun paradigm and his ideas about the structure of scientific revolution in the theory of gates control and the explosion of pain researches in the last decades. It will related the introduction to acupuncture and its techniques in pain clinics, with scientific context of the historical moment. In addition, a space will be dedicated to the topic of complementary and alternative medicine on the century of evidence based medicine, given its scientific needs of validation in ours times.}, added-at = {2013-12-22T08:41:21.000+0100}, author = {Garrido-Suárez, Bárbara B.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/22668059c6e5a4c1817d70cf586de83b1/jppres}, interhash = {b203c13b776a2b1bb0d24718149caf91}, intrahash = {2668059c6e5a4c1817d70cf586de83b1}, journal = {J Pharm Pharmacogn Res 1(1): 2-29.}, keywords = {electroacupuncture epistemology pain}, month = {sep-oct}, number = 1, pages = {2-29}, timestamp = {2013-12-22T08:46:16.000+0100}, title = {Evolución histórica de la epistemología y el estudio del dolor: Lugar de la neuromodulación electroacupuntural en las investigaciones del dolor experimental ι [Historical development of epistemology and the study of pain: Place of neuromodulation of electroacupuncture in the experimental pain research].}, url = {http://jppres.com/jppres/pdf/vol1/1_1_2.pdf}, volume = 1, year = 2013 }