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This study seeks to verify the analgesic efficacy of TENS during the first stage of labor applying TENS parameters that, according to with the evidence, can be effective for this application and discarding the placebo effect according to the methodological recommendations.


Clinical Trial Description

TENS is a non-pharmacological alternative for pain control during labor. Although it's a method that has been used for decades, there is not enough evidence on its efficacy, so it's considered ineffective in the Spanish and British guidelines of clinical practice. The present study seeks to verify the analgesic efficacy of TENS by applying the electrodes in the spinal nerve roots associated with labor pain and using conventional TENS with parameters that, according to the evidence, may be effective for this application. ;


Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms

  • Labor Pain
  • Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation

NCT number NCT03990441
Study type Interventional
Source Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana
Contact Manuel José Sos Gallén, PT, PGCert
Phone +34610736702
Email sos@pipeline.es
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date February 11, 2019
Completion date March 2020

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