[The effects of an electrical muscle stimulation program on chronic knee pain in the elderly: based on TE, SE, and SY].
OBJECTIVE
This study was to examine the effects of electrical muscle stimulation therapy on chronic knee pain in the elderly.


METHODS
The research design was a one-group pretest-posttest design. The subjects were 45 (TE: 17, SE: 15, SY: 13) elderly,65 years old and above with chronic knee pain. Pain was measured by the S-F McGill Pain Questionnaire (S-F MPQ) and Arthritis Impact Measurement Scale (AIMS). Electrical muscle stimulation therapy experimental treatment was applied for 12 weeks, 3 times/week, 15 min/time. Data was collected from March 2005 to February 2006. Data was analyzed using the SPSS PC+ 12 version.


RESULTS
After receiving electrical muscle stimulation therapy, chronic knee pain in TE (S-F MPQ: t=-62.143, p=.000,


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t=-29.155, p=.000), SE (S-F MPQ: t=-76.345, p=.000,


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t=-39.323, p=.000), and SY (S-F MPQ: t=-43.691, p=.000,


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t=-30.306, p=.000) groups were significantly decreased.


CONCLUSIONS
Electrical muscle stimulation therapy can be a better effective primary nursing intervention for chronic knee pain for community dwelling elderly people with TE, SE, and SY.
Sok
Sohyune R
SR
College of Nursing Science, Kyung Hee University, #1 Hoegi-Dong, Dongdaemun-Gu, Seoul, Korea. 5977sok@khu.ac.kr
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control; D059408:Pain Management; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires