Subthreshold Stimulation Versus Suprathreshold Stimulation in People With Chronic Low Neck Pain

Beni-Suef University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Trigger Point Pain, Myofascial; Pain

Treatments: Device: electrical stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06559358

Beni-Suef University2

Details and patient eligibility

About

this trial will involve three groups. Group 1 will receive subthreshold stimulation. Group 2 will receive suprathreshold stimulation. Group 3 will receive shame treatment.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age from 40 to 65 years old participated in this study, 2
• Having neck pain for more than 6 months with a grade five or greater on the visual analog scale
• Having one or more trigger points in the upper trapezius muscle,
• A significant increase in neck muscle EMG activity indicates the presence of tender points.

Exclusion criteria

• Taking non-pharmacological therapies (e.g., acupuncture, physical therapy, osteopathy)
• Taking oral or intravenous pain therapy, intramuscular or subcutaneous injection of cortisone, or local anesthetics during the study period,
• Presence of any contraindication to electrical current including pregnancy, epilepsy, cardiac arrhythmia, cardiac surgery, implanted pacemaker or defibrillator, previous surgery in the spinal cord, infectious diseases of the spinal cord, malignant tumors with or without secondary blastomas in the spinal cord, severe radicular pain with acute paralysis in the extremities

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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60 participants in 3 patient groups

Group 1

Experimental group

Description:

This group will receive subthreshold stimulation

Treatment:

Device: electrical stimulation

Group 2

Experimental group

Description:

This group will receive suprathreshold stimulation

Treatment:

Device: electrical stimulation

Group 3

Sham Comparator group

Description:

This group will receive no stimulation

Treatment:

Device: electrical stimulation