Program of therapeutic exercises associated with electrotherapy in patients with chronic neck pain: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Conservative treatment is the most common clinical management for the proper rehabilitation of patients with chronic neck pain, and there is a trend towards the use of therapeutic exercise. However, some uncertainty about the efficacy of therapeutic exercises remains, and it is necessary to conduct more studies with high methodological rigor, especially in regard to multimodal treatment, as in the combination of therapeutic exercises with electrotherapy. Thus, the objective of this study will be to evaluate the clinical effects of adding high- and low-frequency transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) in a program of specific therapeutic exercises for the treatment of patients with chronic neck pain.

Source: Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies - April 23, 2019 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Paulo Henrique Martins-de-Sousa, Mariana Quixabeira Guimar ães Almeida, José Mariedson da Silva Junior, Alisson Sousa Santos, Gabriel Gardhel Costa Araújo, Flávio de Oliveira Pires, Cid André Fidelis-de-Paula-Gomes, Vânia Tie Koga Ferreira, Almir Vi Source Type: research