Scrambler Therapy no Controle da Dor Oncológica Crônica: Revisão Integrativa da Literatura

Autores

  • Laura Ferreira de Rezende Centro Universitário das Faculdades Associadas de Ensino (Unifae), Curso de Fisioterapia. São João da Boa Vista (SP), Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3714-1558
  • Vanessa Fonseca Vilas Boas Centro Universitário das Faculdades Associadas de Ensino (Unifae), Curso de Fisioterapia. São João da Boa Vista (SP), Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0675-4781
  • Regiane Luz Carvalho Centro Universitário das Faculdades Associadas de Ensino (Unifae), Curso de Fisioterapia. São João da Boa Vista (SP), Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2948-8903
  • Juliana Lenzi Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp). Campinas (SP), Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9454-0440

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32635/2176-9745.RBC.2022v68n1.1656

Palavras-chave:

neoplasias, estimulação elétrica nervosa transcutânea, manejo da dor, dor do câncer/terapia, dor crônica

Resumo

Introdução: A Scrambler therapy é uma nova e não invasiva modalidade de eletroanalgesia com a intenção de organizar a má adaptação dos sinais elétricos de nervos periféricos. Objetivo: Avaliar o benefício clínico da Scrambler therapy no controle de intensidade da dor em pacientes oncológicos. Método: Revisão da literatura conforme a metodologia Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) nas bases de dados eletrônicas LILACS, PEDro, SciELO e PubMed. Foram combinados aleatoriamente os descritores: “Scrambler therapy”, “cancer”, “pain”, assim como o uso dos operadores booleanos AND e OR, em português, inglês e espanhol, sem limite de tempo. Resultados: Foram incluídos 15 estudos que, após avaliação crítica, demonstraram benefício clínico na redução na intensidade da dor. A Scrambler therapy é baseada em cinco neurônios artificiais controlados por um algoritmo otimizado para fornecer segurança e eficácia. O hardware recebe informações do algoritmo que cria as sequências de caracteres “não-dor” e as processa, transformando-as em fluxos potenciais de ação sintéticos (isto é, criados pela tecnologia) funcionalmente compatíveis com os potenciais endógenos. Conclusão: Os resultados positivos encontrados nos estudos preliminares com a Scrambler therapy indicam benefícios no controle da dor oncológica.

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2022-03-11

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Rezende LF de, Vilas Boas VF, Carvalho RL, Lenzi J. Scrambler Therapy no Controle da Dor Oncológica Crônica: Revisão Integrativa da Literatura. Rev. Bras. Cancerol. [Internet]. 11º de março de 2022 [citado 14º de dezembro de 2024];68(1):e-191656. Disponível em: https://rbc.inca.gov.br/index.php/revista/article/view/1656

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