ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Detection of Changes on Parameters Related to Heart Rate Variability after Applying Current Interferential Therapy in Subjects with Non-Specific Low Back Pain.
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- Psychophysiological responses to a multimodal physiotherapy program in fighter pilots with flight-related neck pain: A pilot trial.PloS one · 2024Trial
- The Impact on the Stress-Associated Autonomic Response of Physiotherapy Students Receiving Interferential Current in an Electrotherapy Training Session.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Acute Effects of Low-Load Blood Flow Restriction Exercise on Vastus Lateralis Electromyographic Activity in Healthy Young Adults: A Pilot Randomized Study.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
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- Do Pain and Autonomic Regulation Share a Common Central Compensatory Pathway? A Meta-Analysis of HRV Metrics in Pain Trials.NeuroSci · 2025Review
- Autonomic Nervous System in Bone Remodeling: From Mechanisms to Novel Therapies in Orthopedic Diseases.Orthopaedic surgery · 2025Review
- Autonomic Balance Differences Through Heart Rate Variability Between Adults with and Without Chronic Low Back Pain.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Impact of Physiotherapy on Autonomic Nervous System Function in Spinal Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Saudi journal of medicine & medical sciencesArticle
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Abstract
Interferential current therapy (ICT) is an electrotherapeutic intervention that combines the advantages of high permeability from middle frequency currents and efficient tissue stimulation from low frequency currents, delivering the maximum current with high tissue permeability. The aim was to evaluate the effects of ICT on heart rate variability (HRV) and on pain perception in patients with non-specific chronic low back pain (NSCLBP). In the study, 49 patients with NSCLBP were randomly divided into an experimental (EG) and a sham group (SG). All participants received a single intervention, ICT, or simulated intervention. Outcome measures including baseline (sit-down position) and postintervention (prone position) pain, heart rate (HR), time domain parameter (rMSSD), diameters of the Poincaré plot (SD1, SD2), stress score (SS), and sympathetic/parasympathetic (S/PS) ratio were investigated. In both groups, significant statistical differences were found in perceived pain and in all HRV parameters except in HRmax. Between-group comparisons showed statistically significant differences in all variables except for HRmin and HRmean in favor of the experimental group. These changes reported an increase in parasympathetic activity (rMSSD) (
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