SI-PO-2062

Wednesday 12:30, Palau de Congressos, Exhibition Hall  [Display No. 107]

CHROMATOTHERAPY. ANOTHER TOOL FOR THE PHISIOTHERAPIST. Sanz Rubio MC, Franco Sierra MA, Knecht Saez D, Coca Moreno,J. PURPOSE: Chromatotherapy could be considered as an alternative therapy, whose working method is the use of the light beam, used and known by the phisiotherapists frecuently (laser, infrared,)The effect of the light beam is the exciting of the molecules. In the same way plant cells use sun energy to create biochemical energy through the photosyntesis, all the cell systems can convert light radiations in to different chemical reactions.  We tried here to evaluate The effects of this therapy in some of our patients.  RELEVANCE: Chromatotherapy, like other techniques use in Phisiotherapy, do not  divide or “segment” the human body in sectors. It is considered as a unit. Chromatotherapy method is based in the use of light  to help The defensive reaction of the body to correct any disorder.  DESCRIPTION: This technique uses a white light beam through filters located in the visible light spectrum with accurate wavelengths.  It can be applied directly on the sick body part, on the eyes, or on acupuncture  marks.  We decided to apply  this technique  in traumatology patients, and we chose 5 epicondiltis cases because it is a frecuent patology in our daily work.  Material: two halogen lamps, chromatotherapy filters, a dark room, and a dark sheet.  OBSERVATIONS:  The symptoms remission was complete in all cases (100%).   The maximum treatment period was 6 weeks, (One session of five minutes every week with a 20 minutes rest).  CONCLUSIONS: Chromatotherapy colud be considered as a sensible choice  to treat some traumatic deseases, as epicondilitis.  The length of the treatment and the symptoms remission was good. In spite of the short freequency of the treatment. A future study could evaluate and extend this technique on other traumatological patologies.