Subthreshold Stimulation Versus Suprathreshold Stimulation in People With Chronic Low Neck Pain
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 入组人数
- 60
- 主要终点
- Pressure threshold
研究概览
简要总结
this trial will involve three groups. Group 1 will receive subthreshold stimulation. Group 2 will receive suprathreshold stimulation. Group 3 will receive shame treatment.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 40 Years 至 65 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Age from 40 to 65 years old participated in this study, 2
- •Having neck pain for more than 6 months with a grade five or greater on the visual analog scale
- •Having one or more trigger points in the upper trapezius muscle,
- •A significant increase in neck muscle EMG activity indicates the presence of tender points.
排除标准
- •Taking non-pharmacological therapies (e.g., acupuncture, physical therapy, osteopathy)
- •Taking oral or intravenous pain therapy, intramuscular or subcutaneous injection of cortisone, or local anesthetics during the study period,
- •Presence of any contraindication to electrical current including pregnancy, epilepsy, cardiac arrhythmia, cardiac surgery, implanted pacemaker or defibrillator, previous surgery in the spinal cord, infectious diseases of the spinal cord, malignant tumors with or without secondary blastomas in the spinal cord, severe radicular pain with acute paralysis in the extremities
研究组 & 干预措施
Group 1
This group will receive subthreshold stimulation
干预措施: electrical stimulation (Device)
Group 2
This group will receive suprathreshold stimulation
干预措施: electrical stimulation (Device)
Group 3
This group will receive no stimulation
干预措施: electrical stimulation (Device)
结局指标
主要结局
Pressure threshold
时间窗: 2-3 months
Myofascial trigger points' sensitivity will be measured by a pressure-pain algometer from upper trapezius muscle.
Pain intensity
时间窗: 2-3 months
Neck pain intensity will be assessed by the visual analog scale (VAS). Participants will be asked to explain their present pain by putting a mark on a 10 mm horizontal line with 0 degrees indicating "no pain" and 10 indicating the "worst possible pain"
Electromyography
时间窗: 2-3 months
The EMG activity from the upper trapezius muscle will be recorded during rest and voluntary maximum contraction.
Range of motion
时间窗: 2-3 months
Flexion, lateral rotation to both sides, lateral flexion to both sides
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Ayman Mohamed
Associate Lecturer
Beni-Suef University