Program of therapeutic exercises associated with electrotherapy in patients with chronic neck pain: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Autor: Martins-de-Sousa PH; Research Group in Rehabilitation, Exercise and Movement, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brazil., Guimarães Almeida MQ; Research Group in Rehabilitation, Exercise and Movement, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brazil., da Silva Junior JM; Research Group in Rehabilitation, Exercise and Movement, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brazil., Santos AS; Research Group in Rehabilitation, Exercise and Movement, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brazil., Costa Araújo GG; Research Group in Rehabilitation, Exercise and Movement, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brazil., de Oliveira Pires F; Department of Physical Education, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brazil., Fidelis-de-Paula-Gomes CA; Postgraduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, Nove de Julho University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil., Koga Ferreira VT; Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, Federal University of Amapá, Macapá, AP, Brazil., Dibai-Filho AV; Postgraduate Program in Adult Health, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brazil. Electronic address: dibaifilho@gmail.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of bodywork and movement therapies [J Bodyw Mov Ther] 2020 Jan; Vol. 24 (1), pp. 25-30. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Apr 25.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2019.04.008
Abstrakt: Conservative treatment is the most common clinical management for the proper rehabilitation of patients with chronic neck pain, and there is a trend towards the use of therapeutic exercise. However, some uncertainty about the efficacy of therapeutic exercises remains, and it is necessary to conduct more studies with high methodological rigor, especially in regard to multimodal treatment, as in the combination of therapeutic exercises with electrotherapy. Thus, the objective of this study will be to evaluate the clinical effects of adding high- and low-frequency transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) in a program of specific therapeutic exercises for the treatment of patients with chronic neck pain. Sixty participants will be randomized into three groups: therapeutic exercise + placebo TENS group (n = 20), therapeutic exercise + high-frequency TENS group (n = 20), and therapeutic exercise + low-frequency TENS group (n = 20). Eight treatment sessions will be performed, and participants will be evaluated before and after the eight sessions and four weeks after the end of treatment. The Numerical Rating Pain Scale, Neck Disability Index, Pain-Related Catastrophizing Thoughts Scale, and Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia will be used for participant evaluations. In the statistical analysis, a linear mixed model will be applied considering interaction between time and group factors. The addition of this electrotherapeutic modality to a therapeutic exercise program is expected to generate clinical improvements for patients with chronic neck pain, and if the results demonstrate benefits in the treatment group, this form of care could be used.
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