Interest of Tecartherapy on a Painful Caesarean Section Scar: a Randomized Clinical Trial.

"For this study, we will use only the instrumental mode and the 4-cm electrodes. During each session, this electrode will be moved over the entire scar, with the contact between electrode and the skin provided by an adequate quantity of conductive cream.~We will use the following 3 modes: CET, CET Dynamic, and RET; these allow us to standardize the treatment without taking into account either the thickness of the abdominal wall or the woman's morphology.~Each session will take 20 minutes (CET for 4 min, CET Dynamic 6 min, RET 6 min and CET 4 min). The intensity of CET and RET will be adapted to each woman and the diathermy chosen according to the woman's threshold of comfort, to be determined by her at each session.~There will be 1 session a week for 3 weeks. Portable instrument is activated."

"For this study, we will use only the instrumental mode and the 4-cm electrodes. During each session, this electrode will be moved over the entire scar, with the contact between electrode and the skin provided by an adequate quantity of conductive cream.~We will use the following 3 modes: CET, CET Dynamic, and RET; these allow us to standardize the treatment without taking into account either the thickness of the abdominal wall or the woman's morphology.~Each session will take 20 minutes (CET for 4 min, CET Dynamic 6 min, RET 6 min and CET 4 min). The intensity of CET and RET will be adapted to each woman and the diathermy chosen according to the woman's threshold of comfort, to be determined by her at each session.~There will be 1 session a week for 3 weeks. Portable instrument is not activated."

The women in both groups will have the standard recommended treatment: manual self-massage of the scar. Women's instruction in this self-massage will be structured and identical for both groups, including the provision of an informational document describing how to perform the massage. This training will be provided immediately after randomization and before the intervention or control measures.