Open AccessEFFECTIVENESS OF HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION AT THE TENDER POINT OF UPPER CERVICAL AS ADJUNCTIVE THERAPY OF FIBROMYALGIA PATIENTS
Author(s) -
Sania Hassan Ali,
Syeda Amool Sakeena Rizvi,
Muhammad Usman Khan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
pakistan journal of rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2311-3863
pISSN - 2309-7833
DOI - 10.36283/pjr.zu.3.1/004
Subject(s) - fibromyalgia , medicine , transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation , physical therapy , depression (economics) , anxiety , randomized controlled trial , adjunctive treatment , clinical endpoint , surgery , psychiatry , alternative medicine , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
OBJECTIVESEvaluate the effectiveness of high frequency transcutaneous electricalnerve stimulation at the tender point of upper cervical as adjunctive therapy of fibromyalgia patients.STUDY DESIGNIt is a randomized control trial study designSTUDY SETTINGS & PARTICIPANTSThe study was conducted on 30 participants with the age group of 20-65 years upon females with clinically diagnosed condition of fibromyalgia in tertiary health care centre.METHODSIn this study, all the participants were divided in to two groups, group 1 (N=15) and group 2 (N=15). Group 1(N=15), received TENS with exercise therapy and group 2 (N=15), received only exercise therapy. Both the groups received 4 sessions per week and in whole the participants were attended 32 sessions in eight weeks of duration.RESULTTENS with exercise group 1 (N=15) had a greater pain reduction (6.0±1.13) compared with only exercise group 2 (N=15) (6.2±1.1). There was no such huge difference between both the treatments program, but group 1 shows more improvement in the pain eduction, work performance, stiffness, fatigue, anxiety, and depression.CONCLUSIONBoth the groups demonstrate significant results in pain reduction, stiffness, fatigued, anxiety, work performance, and depression.