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Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and heat to reduce pain in a chronic low back pain population : a randomized controlled clinical trial
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Background: Low back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide. The therapeutic management of patients with chronic LBP is challenging. Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of heat and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation combined on pain relief in participants with chronic low back pain. Methods: Fifty participants with chronic (>= 3 months) low back pain were randomly assigned to two groups: HeatTens (n = 25) and control group (n = 25). Primary outcome was pain. Secondary outcomes were pressure pain thresholds, temporal summation, conditioned pain modulation, fear-avoidance and beliefs questionnaire, central sensitization inventory, quality of life, and medication use. The control group received no treatment and continued usual care. After four weeks of treatment, all measurements were repeated. Results: Fifty individuals participated in this study. Significant higher pressure pain threshold measures after both 30 min and 4 weeks for the lower back region and the second plantar toe were found only in the experimental group. Conclusion: The combination of heat and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation does not reduce pain scores in patients with chronic low back pain. Pressure pain threshold values significantly improved, showing beneficial effects of the experimental treatment. (C) 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. on behalf of Associacao Brasileira de Pesquisa e Pos-Graduacao em Fisioterapia.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Revista brasileira de fisioterapia. - São Paulo, 1996, currens
Publication
São Paulo : 2021
ISSN
1413-3555 [print]
1809-9246 [online]
DOI
10.1016/J.BJPT.2020.04.001
Volume/pages
25 :1 (2021) , p. 86-96
ISI
000631344800011
Pubmed ID
32434666
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