Interferential Current Treatment Reduces Low Back Pain and Improves Functionality in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain.
Condition: Chronic Low-back Pain
MeSH terms: Back Pain; Low Back Pain
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      . 24 individuals were evaluated, with low back pain for more than 12 weeks and aged between
      12 and 65 years. The current used in the lumbar region of the participants was of the
      tetrapolar interferential type and the stimulation mode was the automatic vector, carrier of
      4,000 HZ, modulation frequency (AMF) of 50 HZ, sweep frequency of SWEEP of 20HZ. The
      assessment of pain and functionality was performed using the data collection instrument, the
      Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAS), Rolland Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ) and the
      Owestry Disability Questionnaire (ODQ) respectively. The present study demonstrates that
      treatment with interferential current promotes chemical improvement in participants, which
      opens up new perspectives on the use of this therapeutic approach.
    

Detailed description: 
      Low back pain is characterized by pain and represents a change in health that affects mainly
      adults, although electrostimulation represents an important tool in the treatment of patients
      with chronic nonspecific low back pain, the clinical efficacy of the interferential current
      used in physiotherapy still lacks reinforcement for clinical validation. In this way, the
      present study evaluated whether the use of interferential current contributes to reducing
      chronic low back pain and analyzed whether the electrotherapeutic protocol can benefit the
      physical functionality of patients with chronic low back pain. 24 individuals were evaluated,
      with low back pain for more than 12 weeks and aged between 12 and 65 years. The current used
      in the lumbar region of the participants was of the tetrapolar interferential type and the
      stimulation mode was the automatic vector, carrier of 4,000 HZ, modulation frequency (AMF) of
      50 HZ, sweep frequency of SWEEP of 20HZ. The assessment of pain and functionality was
      performed using the data collection instrument, the Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAS), Rolland
      Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ) and the Owestry Disability Questionnaire (ODQ)
      respectively. Data analysis was performed using the JAMOVI 2.2.5 software. Our data showed
      that individuals with interferential current showed significant improvement in pain relief,
      as well as in the functional pattern of pain improvement. The present study demonstrates that
      treatment with interferential current promotes chemical improvement in participants, which
      opens up new perspectives on the use of this therapeutic approach.
    

Intervention name(s): physiotherapy treatment
Intervention type(s): Other
Intervention description(s): this is an interventional study of the use of 3 physiotherapy treatment techniques in order to evaluate the effectiveness of interferential current in relieving chronic low back pain
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Intervention model description: The research is a randomized clinical trial, was submitted and approved by the Human Ethics Committee (CEP) with opinion 5,175,882, CAEE: 52035721.9.0000.0171. Participants were chosen at random, with single-blind masking, Random Allocation ® software was used to generate random numbers for the intervention and control groups, non-probalistic convenience sample. There were three groups: interventional, control 01 and control 02
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary purpose: Treatment
Keywords: Interferential Current; Chronic low back pain; Quality of life; Occupational disease; Physical functionality