EFFECTIVENESS OF HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION AT THE TENDER POINT OF UPPER CERVICAL AS ADJUNCTIVE THERAPY OF FIBROMYALGIA PATIENTS

OBJECTIVES Evaluate the effectiveness of high frequency transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation at the tender point of upper cervical as adjunctive therapy of fibromyalgia patients. STUDY DESIGN It is a randomized control trial study design STUDY SETTINGS & PARTICIPANTS The study was conducted on 30 participants with the age group of 20-65 years upon females with clinically diagnosed condition of fibromyalgia in tertiary health care centre. METHODS In this study, all the participants were divided in to two groups, group 1 (N=15) and group 2 (N=15). Group 1(N=15), received TENS with exercise therapy and group 2 (N=15), received only exercise therapy. Both the groups received 4 sessions per week and in whole the participants were attended 32 sessions in eight weeks of duration. RESULT TENS with exercise group 1 (N=15) had a greater pain reduction (6.0±1.13) compared with only exercise group 2 (N=15) (6.2±1.1). There was no such huge difference between both the treatments program, but group 1 shows more improvement in the pain eduction, work performance, stiffness, fatigue, anxiety, and depression. CONCLUSION Both the groups demonstrate significant results in pain reduction, stiffness, fatigued, anxiety, work performance, and depression.