Assessment of the effects of TENS in patients with low back pain treated with acupuncture.
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- The study is conducted in humans diagnosed with low back pain, belonging to the target population of adultsvolunteers to intervention.Keywords: Low back painM54.5
- Registration Number
- RBR-84jx98
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal de Pernambuca - UFPE/ Brasil
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Patients aged from 40 years; both sexes; with a history of low back pain for more than three months.
Exclusion Criteria
In addition to not meet the inclusion, they will also be considered affected or carriers of any concomitant arthropathy; those who are undergoing cancer treatment; which have chronic diseases or changes in neurological examination as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's and Stroke rehabilitation. Also excluded are patients who do not accept (or their relatives) sign the consent form.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Identify the most used technique provides time without pain to the patient. Waiting as final outcome the reduction of pain in these patients.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The pain reduction of patients and the improvement in quality of life thereof, determined by the SF-12 quality of life questionnaire at baseline and end of study.;Through analog pain scale (EVA), inform the visual and personal aspect of pain that each patient has