lumbar pain
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1- transcutaneous nerve stimulation (TENS). It will be selected 90 volunteers that will be divided into 3 groups: TENS 1 (n=30), TENS2 (n=30), placebo (n=30). All groups will be submitt
Other
E02.565.280.945
E02.331.800
E02.594.540
Sponsors
Universidade Federal do Paraná
Universidade Federal do Paraná
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: localized lumbar pain; pain analogic visual scale (AVS) more than ; with more than 6 weeks; characterized chronic lumbar pain; lumbar pain with mechanic ethiology.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Physical activity people with more than 6 weeks It has been realized lumbar surgery; it not have clinical diagnosis of lumbar pain and when the ethiology was not known; it don´t show irradiated lumbar pain to gluteus and lower limbs, thermic and sensibility alteration, pregnant woman, kidney problem; patients with pace marker; skin lesions; patients who utilized analgesic medication before 48 hours of application of resource.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Lumbar pain decrease by increase of pain threshold evaluated in Kgf by pression algometry. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Abolition ou decrease of low back pain verified in pain analogic visual scale for at least one point in scale Decreased subjective perception of pain by decreasing the number of words chosen in the questionnaire of Mcgill Decreased subjective perception of pain by decreasing the percentage assessed in the questionnaire Owestry Decrease in disability by reducing the number of phrases in the chosen Questionnaire Roland Morris Disability | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactAna Brandt de Macedo
Universidade Federal do Paraná
Outcome results
None listed