ArticleFrontiers in rehabilitation sciences2025
Short-term effects of percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on pain and muscle function in patients undergoing anterior cruciate ligament surgery: a randomized clinical trial.
Article in Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05606250 (Effectiveness of the Ultrasound-guided Percutaneous Neuromodulation Technique in Post-surgical Anterior Cruciate Ligament Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Effectiveness of the Ultrasound-guided Percutaneous Neuromodulation Technique in Post-surgical Anterior Cruciate Ligament Patients
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of electrical stimulation on lower limb function after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of Adding Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Neuromodulation to a Percutaneous Needle Electrolysis and Eccentric Exercise Intervention in Patellar Tendinopathy: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (PENS) as an Adjunct to a Multimodal Physical Therapy Program for Postoperative Shoulder Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of Transcutaneous and Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation as Adjunct Therapies in Patients After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction surgery is associated with the presence of anterior knee pain and knee extension weakness. Percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (PENS) is a minimally invasive technique with the objective of neuromodulating the symptoms derived from the intervention. The objective of the study is to analyze the short-term effect of the use of the PENS technique in patients undergoing ACL surgery. Materials and Methods: A randomized clinical trial was carried out at the CEMTRO clinic in Madrid with 70 participants ( Results: Differences were determined in the PENS group compared to the rehabilitation group immediately after the first intervention in the reduction of pain intensity through the VAS scale and in knee extension isometric strength ( Conclusion: The PENS intervention combined with a rehabilitation program compared to an isolated rehabilitation program showed a short-term reduction in pain intensity and an increase in isometric strength in knee extension in patients undergoing ACL surgery. Clinical Trial Registration: [ClinicalTrials.gov], identifier [NCT05606250].
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