Matijević-Mikelić Valentina, Crnković Maja, Matijević Marko, Leović Dinko, Demarin Vida
University of Zagreb, Sestre milosrdnice, University Hospital Centre, Department of Rheumatology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Zagreb, Croatia.
Coll Antropol. 2012 Sep;36(3):921-8.
The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the therapeutic ultrasound on the psycho-physiological functioning in patients who presented with neck pain. There is a limited number of scientific studies which provide information on clinical effectiveness of the therapeutic ultrasound and its effect on the psycho-physiological functions. The present study investigated 100 patients (average age 55), 69 females and 31 males, who presented with neck pain. Treatment protocol consisted of 15 treatments spread over three weeks (five treatments per week). Patients were separated into the two groups (test and control). Both groups of patients undertook programed isometric exercises specific for the cervical spine as well as transcutaneous electrical stimulation. The test group received continuous therapeutic ultrasound on the neck five times a day with the intensity of 0.5 w/cm2, while in the control group ultrasound machine was switched off during the therapy. It has been found that programed isometric exercises specific for the cervical spine in combination with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) had the same therapeutic effect on the psycho-physiological functioning as the combination of these two therapies with the therapeutic ultrasound.
本研究的目的是调查治疗性超声对颈部疼痛患者心理生理功能的有效性。提供治疗性超声临床有效性及其对心理生理功能影响信息的科学研究数量有限。本研究调查了100例颈部疼痛患者（平均年龄55岁），其中女性69例，男性31例。治疗方案包括在三周内进行15次治疗（每周5次）。患者被分为两组（试验组和对照组）。两组患者都进行了针对颈椎的程序化等长运动以及经皮电刺激。试验组每天在颈部接受5次强度为0.5 w/cm2的连续治疗性超声，而对照组在治疗期间关闭超声机器。研究发现，针对颈椎的程序化等长运动与经皮神经电刺激（TENS）相结合，对心理生理功能的治疗效果与这两种疗法与治疗性超声相结合的效果相同。
