Health Condition 1: I738- Other specified peripheral vascular diseases
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator: 45 minutes of low –frequency TENS with frequency being: 10Hz
Pulse width of 200µs
intensity: strong but comfortable sensation. The electrodes will be placed over the painful sites reported by the patients in the lower limb.
Control Intervention1: not applicable: not applicable
Sponsors
Keerthana. M
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients who had/ have IC secondary to PAD (Leriche-Fontaine: stage I and II) Patients with resting ABI =0.8 Patients who are able to understand and follow commands
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Planned surgical or endovascular surgeries in the next 3 weeks. Other co-morbidities causing pain in the lower limb Sensory impairments in lower limb H/o arrhythmias and uncontrolled hypertension H/o medically diagnosed or self reported psychiatric illness
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| NPRS- numerical pain rating scale Treadmill walking test ABI- ankle brachial indexTimepoint: pre-intervention and immediately post intervention the primary outcome measures will be taken | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| no secondary outcomeTimepoint: not applicable | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactVeena Kiran Nambiar
M S Ramaiah Medical College
Outcome results
None listed