Application of Electrical Neurostimulation Transcutaneous in Patients With Primary Dysmenorrhea.

Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos

Status: Completed

Conditions: Primary Dysmenorrhea

Treatments: Device: TENS (sham); Device: TENS

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02205970

UFSaoCarlos0001/14

036/2010 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The present study aims to verify the analgesic potential of a new methodological proposal for application for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS interactive) using patients with primary dysmenorrhoea and compare it with placebo in a randomized double blind study with convenience sample.

Full description

The denouement will be the intensity of pain from visual analogue scale.

Enrollment: 124 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 36 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Primary dysmenorrhoea
• Moderate to severe pain

Exclusion criteria

• Secondary dysmenorrhea
• Users of intrauterine device
• Cognitive impairment
• Failure to appear for treatment
• Pacemaker use
• Illicit drug use
• Epilepsy
• Skin problems
• Use of pain medication before the application of TENS

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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124 participants in 2 patient groups

TENS active

Active Comparator group

Description:

TENS (interactive): frequency (90 and 150 pps) and pulse duration (300 and 400μs)

Treatment:

Device: TENS

TENS sham

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Placebo lasting 35 minutes.

Treatment:

Device: TENS (sham)