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Filter by:In modern anesthesiology, peripheral nerve blocks are performed using ultrasound control and electrical stimulation of peripheral nerves (PEN), or only ultrasound control or only EPN. The most effective methods are with the use of ultrasound control. Until now, the effectiveness of the femoral nerve blockade, performed only under ultrasound control without EPN, in comparison with the blockade of the femoral nerve performed under ultrasound control with EPN, has not been established. There is no data on how the effectiveness of the blockade of the femoral nerve with small doses of lidocaine is influenced by the method of performing the blockade: under ultrasound control versus ultrasound control with electrostimulation of the nerve. Research hypothesis: the blockade of the femoral nerve (7.5 ml 1%lidocaine -Minimum Effective Dose - previously established ) performed only under ultrasound control has the same effectiveness as the blockade performed under the ultrasound control with EPN.
There is little work comparing the effectiveness of a femoral nerve block performed only under US guidance or US plus electrical stimulation of the peripheral nerve (EPN). The authors have shown the same effectiveness of these techniques(1).But the effectiveness of the blockade of the femoral nerve (complete blockade) performed in different ways turned out to be low valve: 71.7% for ultrasound in combination with electrical stimulation versus 69% for only ultrasound guidance. Research hypothesis: the blockade of the femoral nerve performed only under ultrasound control has the same effectiveness as the blockade performed under the ultrasound control with EPN.
Anterior knee pain (AKP) is one of the most frequent pathologies of the lower limb, in young and adult subjects. In the field of Physiotherapy, ultrasound-guided Percutaneous Neuromodulation (PNM) is defined as the application through a needle with ultrasound guidance of an electrical current at low or medium frequency, seeking a sensitive and / or motor response of a peripheral nerve in some point of its trajectory, or of a muscle in a motor point, with a therapeutic objective. The objective of this study is to analyze that the effect of PNM on the femoral nerve produces statistically significant changes in pain, joint range and knee functionality in patients with chronic AKP. Thirty subjects will be recruited, which will be divided into 2 groups: group 1 to which PNM will be applied to the femoral nerve of the pain knee; and group 2 to which PNM will be applied to the femoral nerve of the non-pain knee. The PNM intervention with NMP will consist in the single application of an asymmetric rectangular biphasic current (250 microseconds, 10 Hz)