The Role of BEMER and Kinesiotape in Increasing the Effectiveness of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Program After Videothoracoscopy Surgery

The Role of BEMER and Kinesiotape in Increasing the Effectiveness of Physiotherapy and

The literature indicates that postoperative pulmonary complications are seen when pain is not treated effectively after videothoracoscopy surgery (VATS). After surgery, physiotherapy and rehabilitation approaches are applied to prevent complications. Bio-Electro-Magnetic-Energy-Regulation (BEMER) therapy uses low-frequency electromagnetic energy to regulate vasomotion in capillaries and increase microcirculation. BEMER therapy can be applied together with physiotherapy and rehabilitation. The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of BEMER application, which is added to the physiotherapy and rehabilitation program applied after videothoracoscopy surgery.

Study Overview

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Conditions: Pain, Post Operative
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: BEMER Group; Other: Kinesiotape Group; Other: Control Group

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 45
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • İ̇stanbul, Turkey, 34540
    • Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 14 years to 71 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Inclusion criteria for the study were to have undergone VATS lobectomy and to be aged between 18 and 75 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Presence of pacemaker, severe cardiac failure, severe arrhythmia
• Those with cooperative disorders
• Presence of neurological or orthopedic problems affecting the extremities
• Those with severe psychiatric disorders
• Failure to perform the operation according to the result of intraoperative tumor staging
• Patients who go out of the standard Analgesia protocol
• Patients who were taken back from the service to the intensive care unit

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: BEMER Group; BEMER application with routine treatment protocol	Other: BEMER Group; BEMER therapy and Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Program After Videothoracoscopy Surgery
Experimental: Kinesiotape Group; Kinesiotape application with routine treatment protocol	Other: Kinesiotape Group; Kinesiotape application and Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Program After Videothoracoscopy Surgery
Experimental: Control Group; routine treatment protocol	Other: Control Group; Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Program After Videothoracoscopy Surgery

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change From Baseline in Pain Scores	Change From Baseline in Pain Scores on the Visual Analog Scale at Postoperative 4th day	Postoperative 4th day

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa (IUC)

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 1, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 1, 2021
• Study Completion (Anticipated): December 20, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 11, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 6, 2022
• First Posted (Estimate): December 14, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): December 14, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 6, 2022
• Last Verified: December 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Postoperative Complications; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Pain, Postoperative
• Other Study ID Numbers: ICU-KARCI-3477

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No