Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy Versus Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation in on Post-herpetic Neuralgia of the Sciatic Nerve

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Neuralgia,Postherpetic
• Interventions: Other: Electromagnetic field therapy and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

• Registration Number: NCT04488835
• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University

Brief Summary

Background and purpose: Post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) is the most frequent chronic complication of herpes zoster, resulting in post- infectious severe neuropathic pain. Due to drug resistance severe pain; patients with PHN suffer from reduced physical activities, social and psychological manifestations as well as decrease in the quality of life. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the efficacy of pulsed electromagnetic field therapy (PEMFT) versus transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) in the treatment of post-herpetic neuralgia of the sciatic nerve.

Methods: In an eight weeks period of treatemnt, 52 patients were randomly and equally assigned into two groups. Both groups received conventional physical therapy treatment protocol. Moreover, group (A) has an additional TENS application and group (B) had PEMFS application. TENS and the PEMFT were applied once daily, three times per week for 20 minutes for each session. Assessment performed pre and post intervention using visual analogue scale (VAS) and estimation of the carbamazepine intake (CMI).

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-03-10
• Primary Completion: 2019-03-20
• Study Completion: 2019-10-15
• Study First Submitted: 2020-07-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-07-24
• Study First Posted: 2020-07-28
• Status Verified: 2020-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-08-11
• Last Update Posted: 2020-08-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 52

Inclusion Criteria

• Age from 30-40 years
• History of herpes zoster more than 90 days
• Visual analogue scale is greater than or equal 5 out on a scale from 0 to 10
• All patients were on pain medication "Carbamazepine"

Exclusion Criteria

• uncooperative behavior
• Intellectual disability to complete the self-evaluation questionnaires

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
PEMFT group	Electromagnetic field therapy and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation	patients in this group received PEMFT therapy in addition to routine physical therapy
TENS Therapy Group	Electromagnetic field therapy and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation	patients in this group received TENS therapy in addition to routine physical therapy

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
neuralgia	8 weeks	Visual analogue scale for pain ,zero indicates no pain ten indicates maximum pain

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Marwa Eid; 🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt