None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Interferential therapy (IFT), type of electrical stimulation, is being used on daily bases in physiotherapy clinics to manage muscular pain, Yet, its efficacy hasn't been confirmed. In a previous work, the authors examined its role in pain using two different application methods, central and external. A trend of pain decrease was noticed with both protocols of application. However, that work tested the IFT for one session only and that could be the reason behind the unclear effect of it in Pain. Probably, testing it on multi-session bases would show a clear picture of its effect in pain. Thus, the purpose of present work is to examine the effect of IFT in pain exactly as done in the previous work but on multi-session bases aiming to see if it is really able to reduce pain or not.
Interventions
The intervention that will be applied is named interferential therapy (IFT) which is a medium frequency current (4000-4100 Hz) electrical stimulation being used on a daily bases by physiotherapists to manage musculoskeletal pain. In the present work, IFT will be delivered by a licensed physiotherapist in a physiotherapy clinic to the painful spot of the subject's back area via 4 rubber electrodes of 8X6 cm, connected to the IFT machine, while the subject is in a comfortable prone position. The
The intervention that will be applied is named interferential therapy (IFT) which is a medium frequency current (4000-4100 Hz) electrical stimulation being used on a daily bases by physiotherapists to manage musculoskeletal pain. In the present work, IFT will be delivered by a licensed physiotherapist in a physiotherapy clinic to the painful spot of the subject's back area via 4 rubber electrodes of 8X6 cm, connected to the IFT machine, while the subject is in a comfortable prone position. The electrodes will be attached to the back of the subject around the most painful spot. In the central application, the electrodes will be attached in a way so that the currents from each pair of electrodes intersect in the painful spot while in the external application they will be attached so that the painful spot will be placed between two different electrodes at 2 cm outside the borderers of the electrodes.IFT will be delivered for 6 consecutive sessions, with washout time of 48 hours, for 20 minutes each at a medium frequency current of 4000-4100 Hz producing an amplitude modulated frequency (AMF)100Hz delivered on sweep pattern of 6 seconds between upper and lower boundaries of the AMF and a comfortable intensity as its usually applied in clinics. The author will make sure that the same protocol of application of IFT is followed at each session. IFT pain reduction effect will be measured using primary and secondary outcome measures mentioned in step 4.
Sponsors
Dr Abulkhair Beatti
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
20 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
male and female volunteer subjects (age 20-70 years and BMI 18.5-24.9 kg/m2) complain of low back pain and haven’t been treated with interferential therapy before or at least in the last 12 months.
Exclusion criteria
They should have no neurological impairment, no breaks or irritation of the skin of the low back area. They must be free from heart disease, renal disease, systemic disorder and intellectual disability.
Outcome results
None listed