Abstracts tagged "Pain management and physical therapy"

Abstract Number: L19 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) Reduces Pain and Fatigue and Improves Disease Impact in Women with Fibromyalgia: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Leslie Crofford¹, Dana Daily², Carol Vance³, Ruth Chimenti², Ericka Merriwether⁴, Miriam Bridget Zimmerman⁵, Jonathan Williams⁶, Meena Golchha⁶, Li Alemo Munters⁷, Katharine Geasland³, Barbara Rakel⁸ and Kathleen Sluka², ¹Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Physical Therapy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ³University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁴Physical Therapy, New York University, New York, NY, ⁵Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁶Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁷Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁸Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic pain condition associated with pain and fatigue, especially during physical activity. Treatments designed to modulate central pain pathways to…
Abstract Number: 2384 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
The Comparative Efficacy of Dry Needling, Kinesio Taping and Physical Therapy in Patients with Myofascial Pain Syndrome
Alper Gumustepe¹, Pinar Borman², Ferda Kaygisiz¹, Figen Ayhan¹ and Aynur Karagoz³, ¹Dept of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, ²Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Hacettepe Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ³Dept of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ministry of Health, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Background/Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the therapeutic effects of kinesio taping (KT),traditional physical therapy and dry needling therapy in patients with…
Abstract Number: 1089 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Synergistic Effects Of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Trigger Point Injection For Treatment Of Myofascial Pain Syndrome: A Pilot Study With Randomized, Single-Blinded Trial
Shi-Uk Lee¹, Chang Han Lee¹ and Yoon-Hee Choi², ¹Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, ²Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Chronic pain caused by myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) results in generalized and debilitating conditions. Trigger point injection (TPI) is the mainstay of MPS management…