The effectiveness of a pulsed radiofrequency treatment on radicular neuropathic pain.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- -Pulsed radiofrequency treatment-Radicular neuropathic pain- Gepulseerde radiofrequentie behandeling- Radiculaire neuropathische pijn
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON20488
- Lead Sponsor
- Medisch Spectrum Twente (MST)
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 46
Inclusion Criteria
Subject should have lumbar or sacral radicular neuropathic pain in dermatome L4, L5 or S1 where the pain is limited for 1 dermatome for at least 3 month. The subject should have a pain reduction of minimum 50% with a VAS score from 0 to 10 after a diagnostic block.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Subject has sensory deficits at the QST site resulting from such medical conditions such as diabetes, alcoholic neuropathy, AIDS neuropathy, severe thyroid, liver or kidney diseases;
2. Former PRF or RF treatment of the same nerve root;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Electrical quantitative sensory testing values before and after treatment.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. VAS score;<br /><br>2. Symptoms of pain (pain detect);<br /><br>3. Medication use;<br /><br>4. RAND-36 questionnaire;<br /><br>5. HADS score.