Immediate Effects of the Combination of Interferential Therapy Parameters on Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Autor: Ana Carolina Brandt de Macedo, Raciele Ivandra Guarda Korelo, Richard Eloin Liebano, Nicole Almeida, Luis Henrique Paladini
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of PainReferences. 20(6)
ISSN: 1533-2500
Popis: OBJECTIVES To compare the immediate analgesic effects of 2 kHz or 4 kHz interferential current (IFC) with different amplitude-modulated frequencies (AMFs) (2 Hz or 100 Hz) on chronic low back pain (CLBP). DESIGN Three-arm double-blinded randomized controlled trial. SETTING Primary care. PARTICIPANTS 175 patients (19 to 60 years of age, 105 female) with CLBP. INTERVENTIONS One session of IFC: Interferential group (GI): GI2 kHz/100 Hz, GI2 kHz/2 Hz, GI4 kHz/100 Hz, GI4 kHz/2 Hz, or placebo. MAIN OUTCOMES MEASURES Pain intensity by numerical rating scale of pain (NRS), McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ), and algometry. RESULTS There was a significant difference in NRS scores (P
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