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临床试验/NCT01304368
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Randomized Controlled Pilot Study: Effects of a Heat Pad Application in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain

Universität Duisburg-Essen2 个研究点 分布在 1 个国家目标入组 50 人开始时间: 2009年8月最近更新:
适应症

试验速览

阶段
不适用
状态
已完成
入组人数
50
试验地点
2
主要终点
Neck pain intensity (100mm visual analog scale)

研究概览

简要总结

Chronic neck pain is a common worldwide problem. In the majority of cases, patients are treated by medication, referral to a physiotherapist or thermotherapy. Thermotherapy - the therapeutic application of topical heat - provides an easy to apply self-help strategy in patients with chronic neck pain. However, despite the frequent use in clinical practice, there is no research regarding this topic yet.

The aim of this study was to evaluate whether thermotherapy self-treatment for chronic neck pain induces changes in perceived pain intensity and in sensory processing.

研究设计

研究类型
Interventional
分配方式
Randomized
干预模型
Parallel
主要目的
Treatment

入排标准

年龄范围
18 Years 至 —(Adult, Older Adult)
性别
All
接受健康志愿者

入选标准

  • non-specific neck pain the last 3 months
  • mean pain intensity of at least 4 on a 10-level numerical rating scale with "0" meaning "no pain" and "10" meaning "worst pain imaginable"

排除标准

  • radicular symptoms
  • congenital spine deformity
  • skin diseases in the painful area to be treated
  • pregnancy
  • insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
  • rheumatic diseases
  • oncologic diseases
  • steroid medication
  • anticoagulation medication
  • recent invasive or surgical treatment of the spine

结局指标

主要结局

Neck pain intensity (100mm visual analog scale)

时间窗: Day 14

100mm visual analog scale

次要结局

  • Pain related to motion(Day 14)
  • Neck disability index (NDI)(Day 14)
  • SF-36(Day 14)
  • Pain diary(From day 1 to day 14)
  • Pressure pain threshold(Day 14)
  • Vibration detection threshold(Day 14)
  • Mechanical detection threshold(Day 14)
  • Side effects(Day 14)
  • Medication and additional treat ment use(Day 14)

研究者

申办方类型
Other

研究点 (2)

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