Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/56613
Type: Artigo de Periódico
Title: Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation on ischemic rest pain in inpatients: randomised trial
Authors: Patric Emerson Gonçalves
Matheus Reis
Ronald Flumignan
Carla Jorge Machado
Túlio Pinho Navarro
Lígia de Loiola Cisneros
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy of a short-term application of Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation to relieve rest pain in patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia. METHODS: In patients ³18 years old, with chronic limb-threatening ischemia and rest pain ³3 in the Visual Analogue Scale, without diabetic neuropathy were randomly assigned to 1) Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation (100 Hz, 200 μs) or 2) sham intervention, both during one or two 20 min treatment sessions. The primary outcome was pain intensity, assessed by the visual analogue scale (0–10 cm) and described by the McGill Pain Questionnaire. We used a t-test for difference of means. RESULTS: A total of 169 patients were assessed, 23 met the study criteria and were randomized. Thirty-four applications were performed in two days: in the 17 Transcutaneous Nerve Stimulation and 17 sham. The within-group analysis indicated a pain decrease in both groups (Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation, from 7–3.9 cm, p<0.0001, and sham from 5.8–3.2 cm, p<0.0001). No statistically significant difference was verified between-groups (p=0.5). CONCLUSIONS: Both groups showed a decrease in rest pain of 54 and 55%, respectively. However, there was no difference between short-term high-frequency Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation and sham intervention to relieve ischemic rest pain in chronic limbthreatening ischemia patients.
Subject: Doença Arterial Periférica
Ischemia
Estimulação Elétrica Nervosa Transcutânea
Ensaio Clínico Controlado Aleatório
Dor
language: eng
metadata.dc.publisher.country: Brasil
Publisher: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher Initials: UFMG
metadata.dc.publisher.department: EEF - DEPARTAMENTO DE FISIOTERAPIA
MED - DEPARTAMENTO DE CIRURGIA
MED - DEPARTAMENTO DE MEDICINA PREVENTIVA SOCIAL
Rights: Acesso Aberto
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9282.67.02.20200535
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/56613
Issue Date: 2021
metadata.dc.url.externa: https://www.scielo.br/j/ramb/a/xNFtfV8HzvpSbjGD4VKytGM/?lang=en
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
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