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Effectiveness of Percutaneous Neuromodulation in the Treatment of Cervical Pain in University Students.

Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Neck Pain
Interventions
Procedure: Ecoguided Percutaneous Neuromodulation
Registration Number
NCT06480851
Lead Sponsor
CEU San Pablo University
Brief Summary

A non-randomized experimental study will be conducted to investigate the effect of Ecoguided Percutaneous Neuromodulation on patients with and without neck pain in college students. The sample will be collected in a non-probabilistic way at convenience among the students at the San Pablo-CEU University, with a sample that will be divided into two groups: group 1 (G1) with neck pain and group 2 (G2).

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
52
Inclusion Criteria
  • Current Cervical Pain on a Visual Analog Scale (VAS) greater than 3.
  • Neck pain in the last 12 weeks, and no treatment has been performed.
  • Disability index of 8% or more on the Neck Disability Index.
  • That they have undergone treatment.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Neck pain associated with vertigo.
  • Osteoporosis (control X-ray).
  • Diagnosed psychological disorders.
  • Vertebral fractures (control X-ray).
  • Tumors.
  • Diagnosed metabolic diseases.
  • Neck surgery.
  • Belonephobia.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Neck Pain GroupEcoguided Percutaneous Neuromodulation-
Non Neck Pain GroupEcoguided Percutaneous Neuromodulation-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pain thresholdup to 1 Week

Portable hand pressure algometer (FPX 50/220, Wagner Instruments, Greenwich, USA), measured in kg / cm² (kilogram per centimeter squared).

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pain by visual analog scaleFollow-up at 1 week

usual visual analog scale (VAS) of pain (line from 0: no pain to 10:worst pain)

KinesiophobiaFollow-up at 1 week

Measured with Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale questionnaire (TSK-11SV) Spanish version. Minimum and maximum values are between 11 and 44 point, a result with higher values indicates higher level of kinesiofobia.

Neck Disability Index Questionnaire.Follow-up at 1 week

Quantification of pain and disabilty

Pain Catastrophizing ScaleFollow-up at 1 week

Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PAS) will be used to evaluate the participants' pain-related thoughts and feelings.

SonoelastographyFollow-up at 1 week

This diagnostic test would be executed by a Physiotherapist who has experiences of using General Electric, P9 model ultrasound system for more than three year. The equipment to obtain the image will be used with a frequency of 12 MHz, 22 dB gain, 85 dynamic range, brightness at 17 and depth of 4 cm.

The transducer will be placed on the spinosa of C4 and the probe will be moved towards the transverse of each of the sides, to identify the image of the multifidus muscle in depth.

Once the muscle is located in this segment, a longitudinal and transverse image of the muscle will be obtained, performing the elastography at the same time and calculating the elastographic values (tissue resistance in kilopascals and transmission speed in meters/second).

Health-related quality of lifeFollow-up at 1 week

The Short Form Health Questionnaire (SF-36) questionnaire, which examines health-related quality of life under eight sub-titles; It consists of 36 items. The SF36 questionnaire will be used in the study.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

San Pablo CEU University

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Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain

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