Efficacy of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for rotator cuff tendinopathy: a systematic review

Desmeules, François; Boudreault, Jean-Samuel; Roy, Jean-Sébastien; Dionne, Clermont E.; Frémont, Pierre; MacDermid, Joy C.

doi:10.1016/j.physio.2015.06.004

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“…Among them, low back pain (LBP) and osteoarthritis (Wang 2012;Hoy et al 2014) are major determinants. A variety of physical therapies are available for pain treatment, such as low-and high-intensity laser therapy (Boyraz et al 2015;Glazov et al 2016), electrotherapy (Desmeules et al 2016), and magnetotherapy (Kanat et al 2013).…”

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Short-wave diathermy in the clinical management of musculoskeletal disorders: a pilot observational study

et al. 2019

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Musculoskeletal disorders are the most common cause of pain and functional limitation in the general population. The study aim was to evaluate shortwave diathermy (SWD) effects on pain and quality of life in people with musculoskeletal disorders. Eighty participants (31 men, mean age 56 ± 12.49 years) were enrolled, recruiting from outpatient clinics at the Rehabilitation Unit, University Hospital, Padova. Inclusion criteria were pain lasting more than 15 days, pain visual analog scale (VAS) score higher than 50/100 mm, and a diagnosis of osteoarthritis, neck/back pain, or tendinopathies. All participants underwent ten sessions of percutaneous SWD, 3 times/week. Each session lasted 15-20 min, with frequencies of 4 or 8 MHz and heat intensity between 40 and 60 W. Outcomes were assessed before and after treatment. Primary outcome was pain reduction, evaluated by short form McGill pain questionnaire, which includes VAS and present pain intensity (PPI). Secondary outcome was improvement in social and work-related activity limitations. Participants were grouped based on classification of pain [nociceptive and neuropathic pain (group A) vs nociceptive only (group B)]. VAS and PPI improved significantly (p < 0.01). No difference in pain reduction (VAS and PPI) emerged between the groups. Limitations due to pain in work-related and non-work-related activities decreased (p < 0.01); use of pain medications was reduced at T1 vs T0 (p < 0.01). Our results suggest that SWD is effective in reducing musculoskeletal pain in the short term, providing relief and improving quality of life.

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Short-wave diathermy in the clinical management of musculoskeletal disorders: a pilot observational study

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“…Scores obtained by the cancer group resemble clinical shoulder lesions such as subacromial impact syndrome, rotator cuff tendinopathies, and frozen shoulder syndrome. [30][31][32] In this study, there was an incidence of 47.37% breast cancer, and 84.20% of these Meanstandard deviation; %, percentages; n, number of members.…”

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Effect of Exergaming on Muscle Strength, Pain, and Functionality of Shoulders in Cancer Patients

Oliveira

Alves

Iunes

et al. 2020

Games for Health Journal

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Objective: To compare the strength of the middle deltoid muscle by means of dynamometry and the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI) in participants in treatment for cancer after the practice of an exergaming protocol. Materials and Methods: We conducted a randomized controlled clinical trial. Thirty-eight voluntary participants were divided into two groups: cancer group (n = 19; age = 61.46-8.79 years; body mass index [BMI] = 28.36-4.94 kg/m 3) and control group (n = 19; age = 57.62-7.57 years; BMI = 28.06-3.74 kg/m 3), and they participated in the study. All participants performed an exergame protocol by using Xbox 360 Kinect Ò (Microsoft, Redmond) with the game Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012 two to three times per week for 20 sessions. They were evaluated through the isometric dynamometer in the middle deltoid muscle and the SPADI at three moments: preintervention (EV1), after 10 sessions (EV2), and after 20 sessions (EV3). Results: The cancer group scored higher on both the disability index, in all three evaluations, and the pain index, in EV2 and EV3, when compared with the control group. There was a significant reduction in the disability score in EV2 and EV3 when compared with EV1 in the cancer group, whereas pain was lower in EV2 and EV3 when compared with EV1 in the control group. There were no significant interevaluation or intergroup differences in the maximal isometric voluntary contraction of the deltoid muscle of both upper limbs. Conclusion: At the end of the exergaming, protocol reduced the disability of the shoulder joint of the cancer group and decreased the differences between the groups for disability and pain scores, without changing isometric force.

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“…While therapeutic exercises are currently considered as an effective treatment method, 26 , 27 , 28 a lot of electrotherapeutic agents are used for the treatment of SIS in conventional therapy in daily routine to decrease pain, improve mobility and prepare the tissue to exercise; additional effects of the agents are unclear. 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 Ultrasound, interferential current and TENS were used in this study as different electrotherapeutic agents.…”

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Comparison of different electrotherapy methods and exercise therapy in shoulder impingement syndrome: A prospective randomized controlled trial

Uçurum¹,

Kaya²,

Kayali³

et al. 2018

Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica

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ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to assess and compare the effects of different electrotherapy methods and exercise therapy on pain, function and quality of life in shoulder impingement syndrome.MethodsEighty-three patients (66 females, 17 males; mean age: 48.2 ± 7.33 years) with shoulder impingement syndrome were selected and 79 of them were randomly allocated into four groups. Group 1 (n = 19, mean age: 47.89 ± 7.12 years) was given hot pack and exercises, Group 2 (n = 20, mean age: 47.70 ± 6.51 years) was given hot packs, exercises and interferential current, Group 3 (n = 20, mean age: 48.50 ± 8.34 years) was given hot packs, exercises and TENS and Group 4 (n = 20, mean age: 48.55 ± 7.89 years) was given hot packs, exercises and ultrasound three times a week for four weeks. Assessments were made before treatment, right after it and three months after that using the visual analog scale (VAS), Short Form-36 (SF-36) and the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) outcome measures.ResultsAt the fourth week and third month assessments, all groups showed significant improvements in terms of pain, DASH and SF-36 physical component scores (p < 0.05). In intragroup comparisons, a significant difference between pre- and post-treatment results was found only in SF-36 mental component scores of Group 2. No significant difference was observed between the groups in any stage of the study period (p > 0.05).ConclusionApplication of ultrasound, interferential current and TENS in addition to exercise therapy in shoulder impingement syndrome treatment had similar improvements in terms of pain, function and physical component of quality of life. However, interferential current treatment showed significantly better outcomes for the mental component of quality of life.Level of evidenceLevel I, Therapeutic study.

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Efficacy of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for rotator cuff tendinopathy: a systematic review

Cited by 27 publications

References 12 publications

Short-wave diathermy in the clinical management of musculoskeletal disorders: a pilot observational study

Short-wave diathermy in the clinical management of musculoskeletal disorders: a pilot observational study

Effect of Exergaming on Muscle Strength, Pain, and Functionality of Shoulders in Cancer Patients

Comparison of different electrotherapy methods and exercise therapy in shoulder impingement syndrome: A prospective randomized controlled trial

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