Treatment of Neck Pain With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Cervical Syndrome Clinical Trial

Official title:

Treatment of Neck Pain With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation: A Single Blind Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04729270
• Other study ID #: tDCS
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 6, 2023
• Est. completion date: November 20, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: University of Cadiz
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aim to investigate the effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for improving pressure pain thresholds (PPTs), range of motion,Neck Disability Index, the multidimensional health related quality of life (SF-12) and the multidimensional health related quality of life and pain in patients with mechanical neck pain (NP).

Description:

Fifty-four participants with NP will randomly allocated to either an Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (ten sessions) or transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS) (ten sessions) during two weeks. . Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Neck Disability Index ( NDI), range of motion and (CROM), Questionnaire SF-12 and PPTs in sub-occipital and upper trapezius muscles were measured at baseline, at the end of treatment and at 1 month follow-up. T-tests and a repeated-measures multivariate analysis of variance (RM-MANOVA) were used for VAS, CROM and PPTs, respectively.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: November 20, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: March 15, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients of both sexes,
• Aged between 18 and 60 years, in an
• Active state of pain and diagnosed with a month of evolution.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who are pregnant, have pacemaker and those Surgically operated cervical spine - Patients who have been treated with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation a month earlier.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cervical Syndrome
• Neck Pain

Intervention

Procedure:
• Physiotherapy treatment with physium device.
The intervention for this group consisted of 10 sessions with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for a month.
• Conventional physiotherapy treatment.
The intervention for this group consisted of 10 sessions with Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) for a month.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	Policlínica Santa María	Cadiz	Cádiz

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Cadiz

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

References & Publications (17)

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The intensity of cervical pain	A 10-point Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS; 0: no pain, 10: maximum pain) will be used to assess the patients' current level of cervical pain, and the worst and lowest level of pain experienced in the preceding week in the cervical area.	Baseline
Secondary	The intensity of cervical pain	A 10-point Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS; 0: no pain, 10: maximum pain) will be used to assess the patients' current level of cervical pain, and the worst and lowest level of pain experienced in the preceding week in the cervical area.	Four weeks
Secondary	The intensity of cervical pain	A 10-point Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS; 0: no pain, 10: maximum pain) will be used to assess the patients' current level of cervical pain, and the worst and lowest level of pain experienced in the preceding week in the cervical area.	Twelve weeks
Secondary	Active cervical range of motion	Measured by goniometer type crom	Baseline,four weeks and Twelve weeks.
Secondary	Pressure pain thresholds in cervical trigger points	Pressure pain thresholds (PPTs) will be measured with a pressure algometer (Baseline,	Baseline,four weeks and Twelve weeks.
Secondary	Neck Disability Index (NDI).	Questionnaire Neck Disability Index (NDI).	Baseline,four weeks and Twelve weeks.