Effect of cryotherapy versus transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on patients with hypertension /
تأثير العلاج بالتبريد مقابل التنبيه العصبى الكهربائى على مرضى ارتفاع ضغط الدم
Michael Wanes Hanna ; Supervised Zahra Mohamed Hassan Serry , Mona Mohamed Taha , Bassem Elzareef Fouad
- Cairo : Michael Wanes Hanna , 2019
- 83 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm
Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Physical Therapy for Cardiopulmonary and Geriatrics Disorders
Back ground: One billion of the world's population has hypertension , resulting in four million deaths per year. Data on the prevalence of hypertension in the Arab world are very limited. Hypertension is a common health problem in Egypt. It has a high prevalence, whereas its rates of awareness, treatment and control are low. . The purpose : of this study was to find out the effect of cryotherapy versus transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on hypertensive patients. Subjects: Forty patients were recruited from Disuq General hospital, Disuq , Kfr El- Shiekh. They were assigned into two groups equal in number. Their ages ranged from 40 to 50 years. Group (A) with mean age (46± 3.5 )years and Group (B) with mean age(47.8± 2.7 ) years. Methods: Group (A) received ice application for 30 minute three times per week for 4 weeks. Group (B) received TENS application for 30 minute three times per week for 4 weeks. Blood pressure was measured before and after every session as acute effect of applications and also was measured after 2 weeks and after 4 weeks as a chronic effect