Effects of Stretching Exercise and Tens Therapy on Severity of Restless Legs Syndrome in Obese Population

Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a disorder in which you have an uncontrolled need to move your legs, generally in response to an unpleasant feeling. It usually happens in the evening or at night, while you're seated or lying down. Moving briefly alleviates the uncomfortable sensation. Objective: To determine effects of stretching exercises and TENS therapy on severity of restless leg syndrome in obese population. Materials and Methods: In this single-blinded, randomized, controlled study, 30 subjects with RLS aged above 20 years were randomly assigned into two groups, intervention group (TENS +stretching) and control group (stretching). Both groups received these interventions for 8 weeks (5 times a week for 8 weeks). Outcome measures included severity of pain in accordance with IRLSSG-score. Results: Independent t test was applied on baseline group 1(interventional group) is compare with group 2 (control group). The results showed that there was statistically significant difference between two groups with p < 0.05. IRLSSG-score mean in interventional group15.94 ±6.27 was more than control group 7.42±2.78.The mean difference in interventional group 15.94 ±6.27 is more than control group 15.94 ±6.27, which shows greater effectiveness of TENS as compared to stretching in treating restless leg syndrome. Conclusion: The present study was conducted for a period of eight weeks on 30 patients from OPD of multiple hospitals in Multan, Pakistan. TENS and stretching is a suitable and durable approach for RLS treatment and improve pain. TENS and stretching demonstrated more clinical benefits than stretching alone with regard to IRLSSG score parameters Hence, Alternate Hypothesis was accepted