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Background: The use of alternative and complementary therapy is a relief option for a large number of pathologies that affect rural communities where its use is widespread due to accessibility and customs. Aim: To analyze the use of alternative and complementary therapy to relieve. Methods: a quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted in a rural community of the Ambato canton with a sample of 150 adults and 100 older adults. The Holistic Complementary and Alternative Medicine Questionnaire HCAMQ was used as a data collection instrument to evaluate a person's attitude towards alternative and complementary medicine. Results: 61.6 % of the population had a good attitude towards alternative therapy, the main type of alternative and complementary therapy was phytotherapy (71.2 %) and the main pathology reported was musculoskeletal (67.6 %), followed by migraine (18.4 %), neurological conditions (9.2 %) and fibromyalgia (4.4 %). Conclusions: the attitude of the research participants towards the use of alternative and complementary therapy for pain relief is favorable, since, in addition to using it, they are willing to try new options because they assume that these types of therapies provide good results, have fewer adverse effects, are low cost and are easily accessible.

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Background: With the permanent goal of improving the doctor-patient relationship and favoring the latter to assume a proactive position in the pursuit of their health, the AELI® KINETEST methodology is implemented, accepted in the OSPI since 2017, employs a different way of performing diagnosis and treatment, with a marked intention to achieve comprehensive vision of the patient, encompassing personal, family, work and other context. The methodology per se complements the clinical method and the behavior used in conventional medicine, highlights the ease in its application focused on the person and allows a rational and diverse use of the therapeutic arsenal, with high possibilities of being learned through teaching and constitute a starting point for research. Aim: To describe the results of patient care with AELI® KINETEST.Methodology: This is a retrospective, descriptive, cross-sectional study. The population consisted of 582 patients of the Hospital Universitario Clínico Quirúrgico "Dr. Miguel Enríquez", in the period from March 2016 to March 2019. Results: Predominant positive evolution from the second consultation, in which they found asymptomatic 84.4% and in the third consultation 91%.Conclusions: AELI® KINETEST is a methodology that promotes health from an integral vision of the human being, allows personal growth, control of symptoms in the short term and rapid reincorporation into work and family, the results show social acceptance and point to an immediate inclusion in the learning of health sciences.

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Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory and demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that mainly affects young adults. The clinical course of MS is markedly variable; its clinical manifestation is also very heterogeneous in symptoms and signs. Therefore, health professionals, in addition to individualized pharmacological treatment, are approaching new integrative approaches by taking into account other aspects of the individual. AELI® KINETEST and Bioneuroemotion offer another approach to MS treatment. Case report: 36-year-old male patient with a history of MS diagnosed 4 years ago, symptomatic since one year before. He came for consultation with pain in the Achilles tendon and difficulty in maintaining the standing position for extended hours. Among the procedures used, time line protocol, transgenerational analysis and AELI® KINETEST protocol were performed, achieving symptomatic relief with imaging correlation. Conclusions: In this patient with a diagnosis of MS, program conflict with the help of muscle testing is required with satisfactory evolution.