Corrente Aussie em estudantes com cervicalgia crônica: um ensaio clínico randomizado

Bruna Caroline Da Silva,Gladson Ricardo Flor Bertolini,Carla Lautenschleger Branco,Mayara Doneda Michelon,Camila Amaral Coracini

doi:10.5935/2595-0118.20180040

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https://doi.org/10.5935/2595-0118.20180040

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ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Neck pain is a painful acute or chronic syndrome that affects the region of the cervical spine. Electrostimulation is one type of treatment, which provides local analgesia bringing more comfort and functionality to the patient. However, there are still there are other current forms not fully explored. Therefore, the objective of the study was to evaluate the analgesic and functional effects of the Aussie current on students with chronic neck pain. METHODS: Twenty-four individuals were separated in a control group (n=11) and an electrostimulation group (n=13) with current intensity at the sensory level. There were 3 interventions per week for 4 weeks, totaling 12 interventions per individual. The assessment was performed applying the Neck Disability Index, the visual analog scale of pain, the handgrip dynamometer, and the cervical spine goniometry before the intervention, shortly after the treatment period, and after a month of follow-up. RESULTS: In relation to all the assessed items, there was no significant difference between the three evaluations in the control group and in the treated group. CONCLUSION: The Aussie current at the sensory level did not provide significant analgesic and functional effects in students with chronic neck pain.

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There was no significant difference among the three evaluations in the intragroup and intergroup comparison for the Neck Disability Index (NDI) and visual analog scale (VAS) (Table 1)
Regarding accommodation, related to the time required to occur the first event, there were no significant differences among the evaluated therapies, but there was to the intensity
The increased use medium frequency currents in rehab follows the theory that they are more comfortable and more effective than of low-frequency currents since the first has a lower impedance on the skin, being able to stimulate deeper tissues, reports point out varied antinociceptive effects between currents[11,12,13]

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1. Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Faculdade de Fisioterapia, Cascavel, PR, Brasil. 2. Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Cascavel, PR, Brasil. AND OBJECTIVES: Neck pain is a painful acute or chronic syndrome that affects the region of the cervical spine. The objective of the study was to evaluate the analgesic and functional effects of the Aussie current on students with chronic neck pain. METHODS: Twenty-four individuals were separated in a control group (n=11) and an electrostimulation group (n=13) with current intensity at the sensory level. The assessment was performed applying the Neck Disability Index, the visual analog scale of pain, the handgrip dynamometer, and the cervical spine goniometry before the intervention, shortly after the treatment period, and after a month of follow-up. CONCLUSION: The Aussie current at the sensory level did not provide significant analgesic and functional effects in students with chronic neck pain.

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