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KMID : 1195020190150020011
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Archives of Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy
2019 Volume.15 No. 2 p.11 ~ p.18
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Feasibility of High-frequency Stimulation on Knee Pain : Based on investigation of Clinical Characteristics, User Needs and Usage Satisfaction According to Age Groups
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Lee Jae-Hyuk
Lim Jong-Min
Kim Jung-Jin
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study investigated the feasibility of the newly-developed high-frequency stimulation based oninvestigation of clinical characteristics, user needs and usage satisfaction according to age groups.
Methods: Thirty participants with knee pain were participated in the study. Each participant received thehigh-frequency stimulation over both knees over three times a week during a total of two weeks. Weinvestigated each participants’ clinical characteristics, user needs and post-intervention usage satisfactionby newly modified questionnaires.
Results: As a result, 93.3% of participants wanted to receive the home-based management using the highfrequencystimulation and more than 60% of participants experienced the pain relief after 2-week interventionperiod. The twenties and thirties reported the largest satisfaction scores (3.722±0.575) after the interventionthan other age groups.
Conclusion: We conclude that the high-frequency stimulation over both knee is feasible to reduce the kneepain as a home-based pain management tool, especially for the younger
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KEYWORD
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High-frequency stimulation, Home-based pain management, Usage satisfaction
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