Based on this statistical stratification, they were divided into two groups: The electro-physiotherapy group (Group 1) and USGET group (Group 2).
In addition to patient education, one group receives multimodal physiotherapy consisting primarily of neuromuscular training of the muscles around the foot, knee and hip and home exercises.
We expect a 20% recovery in the patient education group, and 50% recovery in the group receiving patient education combined with multimodal physiotherapy.
The proposed bi-center, single-blind, parallel group, randomized controlled trial (RCT) aims to evaluate the efficacy of multimodal physiotherapy and compare it to a frequently used first-line treatment, topical overnight application of lidocaine, in women with PVD.
Randomization was administered to EMS group (protocol base physiotherapy and additional EMS) or a physiotherapy group (protocol base physiotherapy).
Multimodal physiotherapy is the combination of the best three short-time interventions; advice, manual therapy and physical exercise.
Multimodal physiotherapy, which addresses these dysfunctions, is judged by experts to be highly effective and is recommended as a first-line treatment.
In addition to the standard physiotherapy mobilization protocol, patients assigned to the Tilt table physiotherapy group (Tilt) were positioned on a tilt table for 1 h per day.
The physiotherapy group (PhG) underwent a three-month combined protocol of postural advice, exercises and manual therapy.
A total of 212 women diagnosed with PVD according to a standardized protocol were eligible for the study and were randomly assigned to either multimodal physiotherapy or lidocaine treatment for 10 weeks.
