Lecturer of Physical Therapy, Department of Physical Therapy for Surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
*Corresponding author: Intsar Salim Waked, Assistant Professor, Member of Research Committee, (RC), College of Applied Medical Science (CAMS), El-Majmaa'h University (MU) Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Intsarswaked@yahoo.com, I.waked@mu.edu.sa, Mobile phone +9660532107885
Online published on 16 May, 2013.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness triamcinolone acetonide phonophoresis versus transcutanous electrical nerve stimulation in the treatment of post-burn pruritus.
Forty patients with post burn pruritus participated and completed the study. The patients were randomized into two groups of equal number. TAP group: received Triamcinolone Acetonide Phonophoresis, and TENS group received Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation.
Revealed a highly significant differences pre and post treatment in TAP and TENS group as regard to degree of pruritus (p values < 0.05). Also the results of the study revealed no significant differences between both groups post treatment (p values > 0.05).
We concluded that triamcinolone acetonide phonophoresis as well as transcutanous electrical nerve stimulation may prove to be a useful modality for the treatment of post burn pruritus with no significant differences between them.
Triamcinolone Acetonide, Phonophoresis, Transcutanous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, Post burn
