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Title : Effect of cryotherapy versus transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on patients with hypertension
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Abstract
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