Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Completed
Administrative data
| NCT number |
NCT02151565 |
| Other study ID # |
HTEMS |
| Secondary ID |
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| Status |
Completed |
| Phase |
N/A
|
| First received |
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| Last updated |
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| Start date |
November 2012 |
| Est. completion date |
November 2013 |
Study information
| Verified date |
October 2020 |
| Source |
West German Center of Diabetes and Health |
| Contact |
n/a |
| Is FDA regulated |
No |
| Health authority |
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| Study type |
Interventional
|
Clinical Trial Summary
Sciatica is a common pain problem that affects not only the patient but also constitutes a
socioeconomic burden and thus affects the whole society. So far, current pharmacologic
therapies are inadequate for many patients. Therefore, we evaluated application of high-tone
external muscle stimulation (HTEMS) compared to transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
(TENS) on radicular pain associated with sciatica.
Description:
Hospital patients (n=100) with chronic sciatica and stable oral analgesic regimen were
included into this randomized controlled cross-over trial. Each intervention was administered
for a period of 45 min 5 times within 10 days, with a 3-day wash-out period before
cross-over. Health impairments had been assessed using the visual analog scales (VAS) for
radicular pain before and after intervention and differences in radicular pain between groups
were analysed with the Mann-Whitney test.
