Effects of thermotherapy and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on patients with primary dysmenorrhea: A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial.
CONCLUSIONS: The use of thermotherapy reduced NRS compared to the TENS and Placebo after 20, 110 min and 24 h. Thermotherapy demonstrated an increase in the PPT in the abdomen after 50 and 110 min and decreased the Br-MPQ scores after 110 min in patients with PD.
PMID: 31779988 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Complementary Therapies in Medicine - Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Machado AFP, Perracini MR, Rampazo ÉP, Driusso P, Liebano RE Tags: Complement Ther Med Source Type: research
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