Neural therapy is a regulation therapy that tries to correct this underlying autonomic dysfunction. In neural therapy; local painful areas, trigger points and symptomatic segments are included in the injection using local anesthetics and the underlying disruptive areas are investigated and treated. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of neural therapy in fibromyalgia syndrome which is thought to have a neuroendocrine dysregulation disorder.
Fibromyalgia is a chronic disease characterized by widespread body pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance, and tenderness on palpation at trigger points in the musculoskeletal system. Fibromyalgia prevalence is reported between 3% and 9%, and is three times more common in women than men. Although pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches play a role in the treatment of the disease, the interest in non-pharmacological therapies has recently increased. In several studies, it has been shown that almost every fibromyalgia patient has applied at least one alternative and complementary medicine method such as Qigong, Tai Chi, yoga, mind body interventions, acupuncture, hydrotherapy, balneotherapy or phytotherapy. Neural therapy is a regulation therapy that tries to correct this underlying autonomic dysfunction. In neural therapy; local painful areas, trigger points and symptomatic segments are included in the injection using local anesthetics and the underlying disruptive areas are investigated and treated. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of neural therapy in fibromyalgia syndrome which is thought to have a neuroendocrine dysregulation disorder.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
60
Intracutaneous quaddle injections were performed using 1% lidocaine preparation as a local anesthetic for local application to painful points with palpation on the back and shoulders and for the segmental application, 2 cm lateral to the midline of the C1-T5 vertebrae and on spinous processes.
Physical therapy program was consist of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation- TENS (30-40 Hz, 20 minutes), hotpack (20 minutes) and continuous ultrasound (1mHz, 1.5w / cm2, 10 minutes) on painful points with palpation on the back and shoulders.
Tuğba Atan
Çorum, Turkey (Türkiye)
Visual analog scale for pain
Pain intensity was measured with visual analogue scale for pain (0-10 mm; 0 means no pain, 10 means severe pain) which is used to measure musculoskeletal pain with very good reliability and validity.
Time frame: 4 weeks
Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire
The Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire was designed to measure the health status of patients with fibromyalgia that contains the dimensions physical functioning (11 items), well-being (1 item), work situation (2 items), pain (1 item), fatigue /sleep (2 items), stiffness (2 items) and psychological symptoms (2 items). Total score range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating higher levels of symptoms and severity.
Time frame: 4 weeks
Short- form health survey 36 scores
Short- form health survey 36 contains 36 items which are used to evaluate the quality of life of patients with chronic pain. It measures eight different domains that address physical functioning, physical role limitation, pain, general health, vitality, social functioning, emotional role limitation and mental health. The score of each domain ranges from 0 (worse quality of life) to 100 (best quality of life).
Time frame: 4 weeks
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