Effects of Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation and Exercise for Patients With Subacromial Pain Syndrome
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 59
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Changes in disability between baseline and follow-up periods
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Based on the available literature, application of percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation interventions targeting peripheral nerves (also called percutaneous neuromodulation) has shown positive effects for improving pain-related and functional outcomes in musculoskeletal chronic pain. Studies investigating the use of this intervention for the shoulder are lacking.
Detailed Description
Based on the available literature, application of percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation interventions targeting peripheral nerves (also called percutaneous neuromodulation) has shown positive effects for improving pain-related and functional outcomes in musculoskeletal chronic pain. Studies investigating the use of this intervention for the shoulder are lacking.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Unilateral non-traumatic shoulder pain (positive painful arc during shoulder abduction and a positive Hawkins test on clinical examination)
- •Shoulder pain from at least 3 months
- •Shoulder pain of more than 3/10 points on a NPRS
Exclusion Criteria
- •Bilateral shoulder symptoms
- •Younger than 18 or older than 65 years
- •History of shoulder traumatisms, fractures or dislocation
- •Diagnosis of cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy
- •Previous interventions with steroid injections in the shoulder area
- •Comorbid medical conditions, e.g., fibromyalgia syndrome
- •Previous history of shoulder or neck surgery
- •Any type of intervention for the neck-shoulder area during the previous year
- •Fear to needles
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Changes in disability between baseline and follow-up periods
Time Frame: Baseline, one week after the last intervention and 1 and 3 months after the intervention
The Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) will be used to determine the disability induced by shoulder pain
Secondary Outcomes
- Changes in shoulder pain between baseline and follow-up periods(Baseline, one week after the last intervention and 1 and 3 months after the intervention)
- Changes in sleep quality between baseline and follow-up periods(Baseline, one week after the last intervention and 1 and 3 months after the intervention)
- Changes in anxiety/depressive symptoms between baseline and follow-up periods(Baseline, one week after the last intervention and 1 and 3 months after the intervention)
Investigators
César Fernández-de-las-Peñas
Clinical Professor
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos