1. Effects of capacitive and resistive electric transfer therapy in patients with painful shoulder impingement syndrome: a comparative study
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Barbato C, Letizia Pezzi, Raoul Saggini, Teresa Paolucci, Rosa Grazia Bellomo, M A Centra, and Annamaria Porreca
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Special Issue: Rehabilitation ,Adult ,Male ,030506 rehabilitation ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Medicine (General) ,shoulder pain ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Capacitive sensing ,case-control study ,Impingement syndrome ,Electric Stimulation Therapy ,Biochemistry ,rehabilitation ,03 medical and health sciences ,thermotherapy ,0302 clinical medicine ,Quality of life (healthcare) ,R5-920 ,Diathermy ,medicine ,Humans ,In patient ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Resistive touchscreen ,capacitive and resistive electric transfer therapy ,Rehabilitation ,business.industry ,Biochemistry (medical) ,Cell Biology ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Treatment Outcome ,Shoulder Impingement Syndrome ,Case-Control Studies ,Physical therapy ,Quality of Life ,Female ,Painful shoulder ,0305 other medical science ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
ObjectiveCapacitive and resistive electric transfer therapy (CARE) reduces pain and improves quality of life for many orthopaedic degenerative and inflammatory disorders. The research aim was to determine the effects of CARE on painful shoulder. The outcomes were pain reduction and recovery of shoulder function.MethodsA retrospective, observational case-control study was conducted. Participants were 46 patients (22 in the CARE group and 24 in the SHAM group). Clinical data, pain (visual analogic scale, VAS) and functional scale scores (Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand scale, and Constant–Murley Scale) were measured at baseline T0 (before treatment), T1 (after treatment) and follow-up T2 (2 months after the end of the treatment).ResultsVAS scores in the CARE group improved from 7.23 ± 1.11 at baseline to 2.68 ± 0.99 at follow-up. The SHAM group did not experience any improvement. Similarly, functional scale scores improved in the CARE group compared with the SHAM group.ConclusionConsidering the small number of sessions needed, low cost and long-term benefits, CARE could be a useful therapeutic option for the conservative management of shoulder pain to restore pain-free and powerful movement to the shoulder joint.
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- 2020