Effects of Electric Current on pain after Breast Augmentation surgery: placebo research protocol
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Acute PainC23.550.767.700
- Registration Number
- RBR-96h3k97
- Lead Sponsor
- Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde - Universidade Federal de São Carlos
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Women; aged between 18 and 65; Requests for breast augmentation surgery using the 24-hour rapid recovery protocol; report a pain intensity significantly equal to or greater than 3 points on the Numerical Pain Scale in the immediate postoperative period
Exclusion Criteria
Chronic diseases; previous experience with electrical currents for pain; history of use of illicit and psychotropic drugs; chronic use of opioids; presence of a cardiac pacemaker; neurological disorders that interfere with the level of consciousness; changes in previous skin sensitivity in the breast; inability to support the shoulder elevated at 90 degrees
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Expected Outcome 1: Evaluate pain intensity before, immediately after Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS), and during the movement of raising arms to 90 degrees. Method for Outcome Verification: Verified using the Numeric Pain Scale (NPS), ranging from 0 to 10, where zero indicates the absence of pain, and ten represents the worst imaginable pain. Parameters Used for Outcome Verification: A reduction of at least 1 point in pain intensity after the intervention is considered clinically significant
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method