Effects of electrostimulation in patients with chronic pain from HIV

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• Conditions: HIV Neuropathy; G60.8

• Registration Number: RBR-4cwps2
• Lead Sponsor: niversidade La Salle

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-06-23
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Data analysis completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Women with HIV/AIDS; aged between 18 and 65 years; in antiretroviral therapy; have neuropathic cervicalgia, confirmed by LANSS scale.

Exclusion Criteria

Active contagious infection (meningitis, pulmonary tuberculosis); history of chronic diseases associated with neuropathic pain (diabetes, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, infection by Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus); chronic renal or peripheral vascular insufficiency; oncologic disease; severe disease that limits the understanding of the informed consent or tests

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain Pressure Threshold improvement, verified with an electronic pressure algometer (Somedic AB, Stockholm, Sweden), used to determine maximum tolerable pressure on the cervical surface (local effect), in the forearm and anterior tibial muscle (peripheral effect), through an improvement of a P<0.05;Outcome found:<br>P smaller than 0.05 in active group in cervical surface, forearm and anterior tibial muscle.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain improvement, through Visual Analogue Scale for Pain (VAS), through an improvement of a P<0.05;Sleep quality improvement, measured through the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), through an improvement of a P<0.05;Pain catastrophic thought improvement, through iPain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS), through an improvement of a P<0.05;Pain outcome found:<br>Pain improvement in patients with sham and active.;Sleep outcome found:<br>There was no significant difference in groups in pre and post treatment.;Catastrophism outcome found:<br>There was no significant difference in groups in pre and post treatment.