Percutaneous Peripheral Nerve Stimulation and Performance

Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sports Physical Therapy

Treatments: Device: Percutaneous Peripheral Nerve Stimulation; Other: Control Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04427553

URJC-UAX-02-2020

Details and patient eligibility

About

Percutaneous Peripheral Nerve Stimulation is a relative new intervention applied by physical therapists. Although it has been hypothesized that this technique could improve pain and function, no studies have investigated changes in physical performance in soccer players. This study will evaluate changes in physical performance after the application of Percutaneous Peripheral Nerve Stimulation in a sample of healthy soccer players.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Semiprofessional soccer player
• No symptoms or injury in the lower extremity previous 6 months
• Training frequency of at least 3 days a week plus soccer game

Exclusion criteria

• fear to needles
• presence of pain or any musculoskeletal disease
• previous surgery in the lower extremity
• underlying medical conditions, e.g., diabetes, hypertension

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Percutaneous Peripheral Nerve Stimulation

Experimental group

Description:

Participants assigned to this group will received two sessions (once per week) of ultrasound guided Percutaneous Peripheral Nerve Stimulation targeting the femoral nerve. We will apply a biphasic compensated electrical current at a frequency of 10 Hz, a pulse width of 240 µs and intensity allowed over a pain-free motor threshold (muscle contraction). Each participant will receive 10 repetitions of 10 seconds each one with 10 seconds rest- period between series (total treatment session 1.40 min). After that participants will walk during 3 minutes.

Treatment:

Device: Percutaneous Peripheral Nerve Stimulation

Control

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Participants in the control group will walk during 5 minutes, without receiving any intervention

Treatment:

Other: Control Group