The Pain Intensity of the Patients Who Had Undergone Abdominal Surgery With a Midline Incision

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

48

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

May 12, 2015

Primary Completion Date

November 30, 2016

Study Completion Date

November 30, 2016

Conditions
Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation
Interventions
OTHER

TENS

4 electrodes were placed 2-3 cm lateral to the incision of the patients at the 30th minute and 2, 18, 22, 42, and 46th hours after the surgery and electrical stimulation was implemented at varying frequencies of 2-100 Hz for 30 minutes, at a maximum current intensity of 12 milliamperes that would not bother the patient or create muscle contractions, with a pulse duration of 0.25 min

OTHER

TAES

4 electrodes were placed at the ST25, P6, ST36, and LI4 acupuncture points of the patients at the 30th minute and 2, 18, 22, 42, and 46th hours after the surgery and electrical stimulation was implemented at varying frequencies of 2-100 Hz for 30 minutes, at a maximum current intensity of 12 milliamperes that would not bother the patient or create muscle contractions, with a pulse duration of 0.25 min

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Yuksek Ihtisas University

OTHER

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