Immediate Effects of Conventional TENS and Burst TENS Combined With Cryotherapy in the Non-specific Low Back Pain
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 120
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Painful sensation
研究概览
简要总结
This study aim analyze the immediate effects of conventional transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and Burst TENS combined or not with cryotherapy in patients with non-specific low back pain.
All subjects will be submitted to an evaluation of the painful sensation, through the numerical rating scale, and pain threshold, through algometry, before, immediately after the intervention and 25 minutes after.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 50 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Aged between 18 and 50 years;
- •Have chronic non-specific low back pain.
排除标准
- •Serious spinal pathologies (fractures, tumors, and inflammatory pathologies such as ankylosing spondylitis);
- •Nerve root compromise (disc herniation and spondylolisthesis with neurological compromise, spinal stenosis, and others);
- •Fibromyalgia
- •Corticosteroid treatment in the previous two weeks;
- •Antiinflammatory treatment in the previous 24 hours;
- •Contraindications to the use of Kinesio Taping (allergy or intolerance);
- •Score of three or less on Visual Analogue Scale of the first day;
- •Pregnancy;
- •Ice allergy.
研究组 & 干预措施
Placebo TENS
TENS unit turned on, but with zero amplitude.
干预措施: Placebo TENS (Other)
Conventional TENS
Symmetrical biphasic pulsed current, with frequency of 100 Hz, pulse duration of 100 micro-seconds and sensory-level amplitude.
干预措施: Conventional TENS (Device)
Burst TENS
Carrier frequency of 100 Hz burst-modulated at 4Hz, pulse duration of 200 micro-seconds and motor-level amplitude.
干预措施: Burst TENS (Device)
Cryotherapy
1,5 Kg crushed ice pack
干预措施: Cryotherapy (Other)
Burst TENS + Cryotherapy
Carrier frequency of 100 Hz burst-modulated at 4Hz, pulse duration of 200 micro-seconds and motor-level amplitude plus an ice pack of 1,5 Kg.
干预措施: Burst TENS + Cryotherapy (Device)
Conventional TENS + Cryotherapy
Symmetrical biphasic pulsed current, with frequency of 100 Hz, pulse duration of 100 micro-seconds and sensory-level amplitude plus an ice pack of 1,5 Kg.
干预措施: Conventional TENS + Cryotherapy (Device)
结局指标
主要结局
Painful sensation
时间窗: Evaluation of pain sensation 25 minutes after the application of the intervention.
Pain sensation measured by pain numerical rating scale
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Jamilson Simões Brasileiro
Professor of Physiotherapy
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte