se of TENS for reducing pain after cesarea

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Inciosional pain postcesarean. Cesarean section. Pain, postoperative. Abdominal pain.; E04.520.252.500; C23.550.767.700; C23.888.646.100

• Registration Number: RBR-459y54
• Lead Sponsor: niversidade Federal de Sergipe

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-09-15
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Women undergoing cesarean delivery with incisional pain intensity greater than three on a numeric scale with 15 years or more. Mothers who are in the period between eight and 12 hours postpartum. Physical status I or II, according to the American Society Anesthesiology. Absence of hearing impairment or visual communication, or even have no cognitive disorder / psychiatric impairment. These women should be admitted to the maternity João Firpo Hospital Santa Isabel (Aracaju / Se).

Exclusion Criteria

Women with some post-cesarean complications. Mothers with their newborns in the intensive care unit neonatal. Women who had prior use of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation. Those with contraindications to the use of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation. Mothers with an inability to understand the instructions or consent for the study. Women with hepatic impairment, renal or cardiovascular. Neurological disorders or lung disease. Heart disease. Women taking antidepressants. Use of psychoactive drugs or glucocorticosteroids in the week prior to the study. Use of pacemakers. Postpartum women with morbid obesity.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Reduction in pain intensity at rest and in motion, increased range of motion of rotation of the lumbar spine and trunk flexion, improves skin sensitivity and deep, improved functionality. To evaluate the reduction of the pain will be used numerical pain scale of 0 to 10, after coughing, in flexion and trunk rotation and during the Timed Up and Go test, the pressure pain will be evaluated with the algometer, range of motion are assessed by fleximeter, the sensitivity will be assessed by monofilament, and functionality through the Timed Up and Go.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Reduced consumption of analgesic medications. Will be measured on the charts of the mothers 24 hours after treatment with Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation.