LOW BACK PAIN;

Abstract

Background: TENS is widely used for the relief from pain this procedure wasfirst observed by Luigi Galvani in 1970. Low back pain is the commonest problem for themajority of the population; most of the people have non-specific and mechanical lower backpain so the physiotherapist can easily treat the low back pain by applying the Transcutaneouselectrical nerve stimulation because it works through pain gate theory and opioids mediatedtheory. Objectives: The aims and objectives of this study are to show the effectiveness and theefficacy of TENS among the physiotherapist for the management of pain along with manualtherapy techniques. Design of study: A retrospective study was conducted. Study Design:Retrospective study. Setting: OPD of IPRS LUMHS, Jamshoro. Period: Six (06) months fromJuly to December 2015. Methods and Materials: The sample was randomly selected with 75patients of nonspecific chronic low back pain. Database: APTA, Pub Med, Google scholar.Results: The Results present the effectiveness of TENS by showing the significance p-valuei-e 0.00 of pain intensities before and after treatment intervention. Conclusion: This study wasdone to look for the effectiveness of TENS with or without standard physiotherapy treatmentthe results of this study show the effectiveness of TENS for the alleviating of pain but still thereis room for research on this topic to find out the efficacy of the treatment in much more depthand details.