NCT04800640

Use of Electroanalgesia in Pain and Pulmonary Function.

Role of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation in Pain Relief and Pulmonary Function in Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 132 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Centro Universitário Augusto Motta · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

It is a consensus in the literature that changes in lifestyle and carbohydrate-rich diet are part of a context that has led to an obesity pandemic. Its treatment is multidisciplinary, however, in many cases, conventional therapy has no effect, requiring surgical intervention. The latter, in turn, is not free of risks and causes important changes in lung function. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the effect of electroanalgesia through conventional transcutaneous nerve stimulation (TENS) on pulmonary function in the postoperative period of bariatric surgery.

Detailed description

This is an uncontrolled cross-sectional clinical trial with a sample of 66 individuals between 18 and 50 years of age in a hospital in the West of Paraná. Pain assessment will be performed through analogue pain scale, pulmonary function through spirometry and respiratory muscle strength through manovacuometry. Four TENS applications will be performed for a period of 30 minutes. Through this research, it is expected that the patients who perform TENS present a reduction in postoperative pain and, consequently, a lower impact on lung function.

Conditions

• Bariatric Surgery
• Obesity, Morbid

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Experimental: Electroanalgesia	The sample will consist of 66 individuals, of both men and women, where they will be randomly included in two groups: Intervention group composed of 33 patients who will effectively receive the treatment through electroanalgesia via TENS;

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-06-01
• Primary completion: 2021-07-01
• Completion: 2021-10-30
• First posted: 2021-03-16
• Last updated: 2021-03-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil