Electrical interferential current stimulation versus electrical acupuncture in management of hemiplegic shoulder pain and disability following ischemic stroke-a randomized clinical trial

Eslamian, Fariba; Farhoudi, Mehdi; Jahanjoo, Fatemeh; Sadeghi-Hokmabadi, Elyar; Darabi, Parvin

doi:10.1186/s40945-019-0071-6

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Table 3 VAS score, active and passive range of motion before and after intervention and the mean changes between groups

From: Electrical interferential current stimulation versus electrical acupuncture in management of hemiplegic shoulder pain and disability following ischemic stroke-a randomized clinical trial

Variable	IFC ^a group (n = 20)	Acupuncture group (n = 20)	P-value
VAS ^b
Before	5.25 ± 0.63	6.90 ± 2.67	0.065 †
After	3.65 ± 0.54	4.35 ± 0.70	0.435 †
Active ROM ^c abduction
Before	50.25 ± 10.15	37.25 ± 8.65	0.315 †
After	78.75 ± 9.93	49.50 ± 9.98	0.043 †
Passive ROM abduction
Before	135.25 ± 7.34	118.75 ± 6.58	0.102 †
After	153.25 ± 5.85	130.50 ± 5.81	0.009 †
Active ROM flexion
Before	49.75 ± 9.77	33.75 ± 9.86	0.256 †
After	81.00 ± 10.26	43.00 ± 10.65	0.014 †
Passive ROM flexion
Before	131.75 ± 7.23	114.50 ± 7.23	0.100 †
After	148.50 ± 5.86	130.50 ± 6.40	0.045 †
Active ROM internal rotation
Before	16.25 ± 3.66	8.00 ± 2.50	0.070 †
After	28.25 ± 45.14	17.00 ± 3.56	0.046 †
Passive ROM internal rotation
Before	55.56 ± 10.15	47.65 ± 5.96	0.479 †
After	66.11 ± 7.16	62.65 ± 5.29	0.702 †
Active ROM external rotation
Before	12.25 ± 3.41	6.75 ± 2.62	0.209 †
After	31.25 ± 4.63	15.75 ± 4.64	0.015 †
Passive ROM external rotation
Before	57.78 ± 9.25	51.47 ± 7.34	0.608 †
After	67.22 ± 7.87	61.76 ± 6.56	0.614 †
VAS mean change	1.60 ± 0.28	2.55 ± 0.29	0.014 ‡
VAS percent change	34.28 ± 5.52	46.14 ± 6.88	0.014 ‡
Active ROM abduction percent change	28.00 ± 3.81	12.25 ± 2.39	0.001 ‡
Active ROM abduction percent change	23.79 ± 2.86	10.38 ± 2.24	0.001 ‡
Passive ROM abduction mean change	18.00 ± 4.33	11.75 ± 3.48	0.398 ‡
Passive ROM abduction percent change	44.24 ± 8.62	21.23 ± 6.18	0.398 ‡
Active ROM flexion mean change	31.25 ± 6.04	9.25 ± 1.92	0.001 ‡
Active ROM flexion percent change	25.41 ± 4.01	7.82 ± 1.85	0.001 ‡
Passive ROM flexion mean change	16.75 ± 4.43	16.00 ± 4.16	0.968 ‡
Passive ROM flexion percent change	35.36 ± 7.99	23.36 ± 4.91	0.968 ‡
Active ROM internal rotation mean change	12.00 ± 3.69	9.00 ± 2.19	0.48 ‡
Active ROM internal rotation percent change	14.93 ± 4.36	11.39 ± 2.84	0.48 ‡
Passive ROM internal rotation mean change	40.56 ± 6.99	15.00 ± 4.04	0.181 ‡
Passive ROM internal rotation percent change	15.97 ± 9.01	36.93 ± 7.75	0.181 ‡
Active ROM external rotation mean change	19.00 ± 2.73	9.00 ± 2.87	0.016 ‡
Active ROM external rotation percent change	24.65 ± 3.35	12.20 ± 3.93	0.016 ‡
Passive ROM external rotation mean change	9.44 ± 7.84	10.29 ± 4.10	0.396 ‡
Passive ROM external rotation percent change	19.90 ± 16.27	30.99 ± 9.87	0.396 ‡

^aIFC interferential current stimulation, ^bVAS visual analogue scale, ^cROM range of motion
All values are mean ± SD
†The results from Mixed Anova test
‡The results from independent samples t-test

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