Edema, Pain, Radius Fractures
Conditions
Keywords
Radius fracture, Interferential current, edema, pain
Brief summary
Interferential current is a form of electrotherapy that is obtained by placing two different plates that produce medium frequency waveform current, resulting in a low frequency interferential waveform in deeper tissues. It was shown interferential current electrotherapy is beneficial for reduction of traumatic edema in tissues and pain control. Patients with conservatively managed distal radius fractures were recruited after casts are shed, and were treated with one session(30 minutes) of different protocols of interferential current electrotherapy. Before and after therapy, they were evaluated with volumetry, hand grip strength and visual analogue scale for pain.
Interventions
DEVICEElectrotherapy, interferential current
Interferential current, entry frequencies and beat frequencies were set differently in 2 groups, amplitude was individualized and increased until patients felt a comfortable tickling sensation.
OTHERControl
No current except for first 5 seconds, device open but does not appy electrotherapy.
Sponsors
Ege University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Conservatively managed distal radius fractures
Exclusion criteria
* Secondary conditions associated with edema(renal failure, congestive heart failure etc) * Complex regional pain syndrome * Compartment syndrome * Contraindications for electrotherapy(cardiac pacemaker, thrombosis, pregnancy etc) * Mental state unfit for electrotherapy * Having treated with electrotherapy before
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Volumetry | 30 minutes | Patients were asked to dip their hands slowly into a special bucket full of water with volume markings until their middle finger touched to the bottom of the bucket. The spilled amount of water were measured as milliliters. |
| Visual Analogue Scale | 30 minutes | Patients were asked to express their discomfort level from pain in a scale ranging from 1 to 10(with the help of a 10 cm line), and point they showed were measured as millimeters. |
| Hand Grip Strength | 30 minutes | Patients were asked to use a hydraulic hand dynamometer for hand grip strength in a position of 10 to 30 degrees of wrist extension, and results were registered as kilograms. |
Outcome results
None listed