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EFFECT OF TENS ON INCISIONAL PAIN AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY

EFFECTS OF MODULATED TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION ON INCISIONAL PAIN POST CARDIAC SURGERY: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2019/09/021150
Enrollment
44
Registered
2019-09-09
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: I279- Pulmonary heart disease, unspecified

Interventions

Intervention1: 1. Modulated TENS 2. Cardiac rehabilitation: Treatment time for TENS: 30 mins once in a day following Cardiac rehabilitaion Control Intervention1: 1. Placebo TENS 2. cardiac rehabilitat

Sponsors

Vaidehi Darji
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. On and off pump cardiac surgery with median sternotomy 2. patients willing to participate 3. Post- operative (Acute phase)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. patient with hemodynamic instability 2. unconscious/coma patients 3. patient with post-operative complications 4. patient having cardiac pacemaker and metal implants 5. subjects with impaired sensation, broken skin and infection at suture site

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)Timepoint: Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) : to identify the intensity of pain on 2nd POD and 7th POD—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Beck anxiety Inventory ScaleTimepoint: total of 21 items- to check the anxiety of the patient commonly after cardiac surgery in ICU on 2nd POD and 7th POD—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Sukumar S

Nitte Institute of Physiotherapy

suku729@gmail.com9611839013

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026