CompletedNot Applicable

Effect of Regular Electrotherapy in Patients With Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain and Low-back Pain

Austria162 participantsStarted 2015-01-08

Plain-language summary

This randomized controlled double-blinded pilot trial was performed in the Medical University of Vienna, Department of Special Anesthesia and Pain Medicine between 2015 and 2018. Aim of the study was to assess the effect of regular electrotherapy applied on the spinal cord of patients with chronic non-specific neck pain and/or low-back pain. The hypothesis was that subjective feeling of pain, range of motion of the cervical and lumbar region, as well as the activity in daily living improved after weekly electrotherapy sessions for 30 min each.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Chronic neck pain and/or low back pain longer than 3 month * Minimum numeric pain rating scale equal or \> 5 Exclusion Criteria: * Change in pain medication within 4 weeks prior or during the enrollment (except intake of rescue medication) * Additional pain therapies within 4 weeks prior or during the enrollment * Epilepsy * Pregnancy * Previous experience in TENS * Cardiac arrythmia/previous cardiac operation/implanted cardiac devices * Infection or malignancies affecting the spinal cord/previous spine operation * Severe radicular pain with acute paralysis in the extremities * Ongoing pension application

What they're measuring

change in numeric pain rating scale at 8 weeks compared to baseline

Timeframe: 8 weeks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04968535

SponsorMedical University of Vienna

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2018-10-16

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