Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in the treatment of pelvic pain caused by the primary dysmenorrhea

Authors

  • Bruna Carla Pereira da Silva
  • Cláudia Kelly Vieira Silva
  • Tatiana dos Anjos Pimentel
  • Juliana de Oliveira Souza Centro Universitário de Barra Mansa
  • Priscila de Oliveira Januário
  • Ariela Torres Cruz

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5585/conssaude.v15n4.6877

Keywords:

Dysmenorrhea, Pelvic Pain, Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, Physiotherapy.

Abstract

Introduction: Dysmenorrhea causes the removal of women to work, study and daily life activities. Objectives: To verify the influence of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) in the pelvic pain caused by primary dysmenorrhea. Methods: Twenty university were randomly assigned into two equal groups of ten volunteers: Group Treatment (GT) and control group (GC). They were subjected to a treatment with TENS (GT) and placebo TENS (GC) and evaluated by the Visual Analog Pain Scale (EVA) before, after and two hours after the end of treatment. Results: There was reduction of pain in GT (p = 0,0001) after treatment with maintaining two hours after its end (p = 0,0008). In the GC, although there was a reduction in pain symptoms after treatment (p = 0,0295), this was not maintained two hours after the end of the same (p = 0,4810). Conclusion: TENS was effective in reducing pain of the participants.

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Published

2017-04-19

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Silva BCP da, Silva CKV, Pimentel T dos A, Souza J de O, Januário P de O, Cruz AT. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in the treatment of pelvic pain caused by the primary dysmenorrhea. Cons. Saúde [Internet]. 2017 Apr. 19 [cited 2024 Jul. 2];15(4):650-6. Available from: https://periodicos.uninove.br/saude/article/view/6877

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