Sequentially allocated clinical trial of rhythmic stabilization exercises and TENS in women with chronic low back pain

Abstract

The rhythmic stabilization programmes resulted in more gains in women with chronic low back pain regarding the present outcome variables compared with the other groups; therefore, its application in female chronic low back pain patients aged 34-46 years is recommended.

Rhythmic stabilization versus conventional passive stretching to prevent injuries in indoor soccer athletes: A controlled clinical trial

“…The technique was applied 3 times a week after the training for four months. The procedure was applied to the lower limb of the athlete in the supine position, and the range of motion was reached for each diagonal, with no pain, at which time the athlete was asked to perform a maximum isometric contraction against a resistance provided by the coach at the end of the movement with alternating contractions of the agonist and antagonist muscles (Kofotolis, 2008).…”

Evaluation of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation as a Treatment of Neck Pain due to Musculoskeletal Disorders

“…A number of clinical studies exist concerning the use of TENS for various types of disorders such as low back pain [19-24], Myofascial [25] and arthritic pain [26], sympathetically mediated pain [26-28], bladder incontinence, neurogenic pain [29-32], visceral pain, and postsurgical pain [15, 33, 34], chronic musculoskeletal pain [18, 35]. …”

Meta‐analysis of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for relief of spinal pain

“…All trials described complete information about frequency, pulse duration and intensity of the current, except Alizadeh et al. (Alizadeh and Ahmadizad, ) Two studies reported using conventional/high‐frequency TENS (C‐TENS; 80–100 Hz; Marchand et al., ; Cheing and Hui‐Chan, ); two studies reported using acupuncture‐like/low‐frequency TENS (A‐TENS; 2–20 Hz; Kofotolis et al., ; Facci et al., ), and three studies had both high and low‐frequency TENS groups (Deyo et al., ; Topuz et al., ; Sahin et al., ). Alizadeh et al.…”

“…used Borg verbal rating pain scale, which we considered to be similar to VAS assessment as subjects were required to rate their pain level from 0 up to 10 (Kofotolis et al., ). Eight studies in this review reported pain intensity as an outcome for TENS or IFC versus placebo or control group (Deyo et al., ; Marchand et al., ; Cheing and Hui‐Chan, ; Topuz et al., ; Kofotolis et al., ; Itoh et al., ; Facci et al., ; Sahin et al., ). No studies reported >50% or >30% pain reduction, an outcome suggested by the Cochrane guidelines (Higgins et al., ).…”

“…On the other hand, four trials reported no differences in pain intensity between TENS or IFC and placebo or control group (Deyo et al., ; Kofotolis et al., ; Itoh et al., ; Sahin et al., ). Deyo et al.…”