Examination of the effects of short-term use of TENS and t-NMES on passive pain-free ROM of the painful post-stroke shoulder. Treatments are compared with no stimulation.
Single cohort, cross-over study. Subjects undergo passive pain-free ROM of the painful post-stroke shoulder under 3 stimulation conditions. The stimulation was delivered by a trained occupational therapist under three conditions: 10 seconds of TENS, 10 seconds of t-NMES, and 10 seconds of no stimulation. Each subject was exposed to each of the three stimulation conditions three times in a computer-generated random sequence for each outcome measure with a 5-minute wash-out period between each stimulation. This protocol is repeated for each of the two passive movements tested, shoulder abduction and shoulder external rotation.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
10
Passive Range of Motion of Shoulder in Shoulder External Rotation
passive range of motion of shoulder in shoulder external rotation as measured with hand-held goniometer
Time frame: 10 seconds
Passive Range of Motion of Shoulder in Shoulder Abduction
passive range of motion of shoulder in shoulder abduction as measured with hand-held goniometer
Time frame: 10 seconds
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