The Effect of Electrotherapy on Young Individuals with Neck Pain

Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Neck Pain

Treatments: Other: Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation; Other: High Voltage Pulsed Galvanic Stimulation; Other: Sham TENS

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06767839

GO 2023/97

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this clinical study was to investigate the effects of different electrotherapy interventions on pain and hand function in young individuals with neck pain.

The main question that the study aimed to answer is: are two different electrotherapy interventions superior to each other for pain and hand function? Participants will be assigned to either transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, high-voltage pulsed galvanic stimulation, or placebo. Participants will receive a total of 20 sessions of electrotherapy intervention, 20 minutes per day, 3 days a week. Participants will be evaluated before the intervention, after 1 session, and 1 week after the completion of the 20-session intervention.

Enrollment: 36 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being between 18-30 years old
• Complaining of neck pain
• Volunteering to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Having received any anti-inflammatory treatment in the last 3 months
• Having received any physical therapy and rehabilitation treatment in the last 3 months
• Doing regular exercise
• Not attending work sessions

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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36 participants in 3 patient groups

Group of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)

Experimental group

Description:

Participants assigned to this group will receive TENS for 20 minutes each session for a total of 20 sessions.

Treatment:

Other: Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation

Group of High Voltage Pulsed Galvanic Stimulation (HVPGS)

Experimental group

Description:

Participants assigned to this group will receive HVPGS for 20 minutes each session for a total of 20 sessions.

Treatment:

Other: High Voltage Pulsed Galvanic Stimulation

Group of sham

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Individuals assigned to this group will be started on TENS current for a total of 20 sessions, each session lasting 20 minutes, but the current will be reduced and turned off after 1 minute. It will be explained to the individuals that this current is applied at a subthreshold level.

Treatment:

Other: Sham TENS