Superficial heat therapy is mainly used to relieve menstrual pain, but it does not penetrate deeper than the skin tissue. In order to penetrate deep into the deep layers and promote tissue relaxation, deep heat therapy can be effective. The treatment time for deep heat treatment is controversial, and there is no study on deep heat treatment using radio frequency for dysmenorrhea. Therefore, in this study, by applying radiofrequency waves at different times to the lower abdomen for patients with primary dysmenorrhea, the pain and changes in the autonomic nervous system were compared with thermotherapy to suggest appropriate therapeutic interventions.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
37
The high-frequency therapy device (radio frequency therapy, WINBACK, Villeneuve Loubet France) used in this study was used to treat deep heat for 5 minutes using a 500 kHz resistive electric transfer (RET).
The high-frequency therapy device (radio frequency therapy, WINBACK, Villeneuve Loubet France) used in this study was used to treat deep heat for 7 minutes using a 500 kHz resistive electric transfer (RET).
The high-frequency therapy device (radio frequency therapy, WINBACK, Villeneuve Loubet France) used in this study was used to treat deep heat for 9 minutes using a 500 kHz resistive electric transfer (RET).
In the physical therapy used in this study, it was applied for 20 minutes using conventionally used superficial heat therapy.
The wells neuropain clinic
Seoul, South Korea
Heart Rate Variability
Autonomic nervous system balance tester (SA3000new, Medicore Co. Korea) was used. The subjects placed electrodes on three areas (left arm, left leg, right leg) while lying down and performed for 3 minutes.
Time frame: immediate change after intervention in baseline
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