Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation in Sleep of Patients With Parkinson's Disease

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Status: Completed

Conditions: Parkinson Disease

Treatments: Procedure: Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03053752

CAAE: 14877213.8.0000.5208

Details and patient eligibility

About

Sleep disorders are among the non-motor signs more common in Parkinson's disease (PD). This case series evaluated the effects of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) on acupoints in the self-assessment of sleep in 14 PD patients classified between stages 1 and 3 of Hoehn and Yahr original (HY). Patients were assessed using the Sleep Scale for Parkinson's Disease (PDSS) and subjected to treatment with eight TENS sessions on acupoints, with the current Burst. We used the paired sample t-test, considering p ≤ 0.05.

Enrollment: 14 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Clinical diagnosis of idiopathic PD between stages 1 and 3 according to the original version of the Hoehn & Yahr (HY) scale

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) lower than 18 points, with other associated neurological diseases and on medication for depression, anxiety, psychosis and sleep inducers.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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14 participants in 1 patient group

Transcutaneous Electric Stimulation

Experimental group

Description:

Eight sessions were held, once a week, lasting twenty minutes. For this purpose, the electrodes of the acoustic surface Taichong (LR-3), Hé gǔ (Ll-4), Yanglingquan (GB-34) and Neiguan (PC-6) connected to the TENS equipment (EL 608, brand NKL). The current of choice for a BURST type, with intermittent pulses, isolated at a frequency of 2 Hz, ranging from 1 to 10 mA.

Treatment:

Procedure: Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation