Effectiveness of Various Electrotherapy Methods in Treating People With Cervical Spine Pain Syndrome.

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Volunteers will take part in the study; Students of the university in the area of Rzeszow reporting chronic spinal ailments participation in remote learning. Applicant participants will be randomised into 3 groups of subjected to various electrotherapy procedures.

Detailed Description
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Study participants will be tested: Before a series of electrotherapy treatments. 7 to 10 days after the end of electrotherapy. 3 months after the end of electrotherapy. The study will use a self-authored survey taking into account: basic personal data (age, gender, value and BMI, lifestyle and degree of load on the cervical spine), information on the nature, intensity and frequency of the presence of pain in the spine cervical system, taking into account possible adverse reactions a questionnaire for subcjective assessment of the state of the spine Neck Disability Index, measuring the tone of the vertebral muscles in the cervical (myotonometer), a visual analog scale used to assess the severity of symptoms (Visual Analog Scale -VAS) Intervention; irradiation of the neck area with a sollux lamp with a blue filter individual exercises conducted according to the prepared author's mobility improvement program electrotherapy treatments: Trabert currents TENS currents (conventional) TENS currents (pseudo-acupuncture)

Official Title
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Effectiveness of Various Electrotherapy Methods in Treating People With Cervical Spine Pain Syndrome.

Conditions
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Cervical Spine Syndrome

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Kinesiotherapy combined with electrotherapy (Convenctional TENS method).
* Other: Kinesiotherapy combined with electrotherapy (Pseudo-acupuncture TENS method).
* Other: Kinesiotherapy combined with electrotherapy (Trabert ultrastimulation method)
* Other: Kinesiotherapy combined with placebo electrotherapy


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: informed written consent of the patient to participate in the study no contraindications to electrotherapy in the area of the cervical spine; Exclusion Criteria: poor tolerance of electrotherapy treatments; breaks between consecutive treatments longer than 3 days; failure to complete a series of kinesiotherapy and electrotherapy treatments; use of any stimulants during the observation period.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 19 Years
Maximum Age: 25 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Interventional Model Description: The study will include healthy volunteers, students of the university in the area of Rzeszów with cervical spine pain syndrome caused by distance learning.
Masking: Double


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Conventional TENS group<br>One of the four groups created during randomization will undergo a unified program of kinesiotherapy and electrotherapy (Conventional TENS method). | Other: Kinesiotherapy combined with electrotherapy (Convenctional TENS method).<br>* One of the four groups created during randomization will undergo a unified program of kinesiotherapy and electrotherapy (Conventional TENS method).<br>|
| Experimental: Pseudo-acupuncture TENS group<br>One of the four groups created during randomization will undergo a unified program of kinesiotherapy and electrotherapy (Pseudo-acupuncture TENS method). | Other: Kinesiotherapy combined with electrotherapy (Pseudo-acupuncture TENS method).<br>* One of the four groups created during randomization will undergo a unified program of kinesiotherapy and electrotherapy (Pseudo-acupuncture TENS method).<br>|
| Experimental: Trabert ultrastimulation group<br>One of the four groups created during randomization will undergo a unified program of kinesiotherapy and electrotherapy (Trabert ultrastimulation method). | Other: Kinesiotherapy combined with electrotherapy (Trabert ultrastimulation method)<br>* One of the four groups created during randomization will undergo a unified program of kinesiotherapy and electrotherapy (Trabert ultrastimulation method).<br>|
| Placebo Comparator: Placebo group<br>One of the four groups created during randomization will undergo a unified program of kinesiotherapy and placebo electrotherapy. | Other: Kinesiotherapy combined with placebo electrotherapy<br>* One of the four groups created during randomization will undergo a unified program of kinesiotherapy and placebo electrotherapy.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Neck Disability Index | A questionnaire for subcjective assessment of the state of the spine. | 1. Before a series of electrotherapy treatments. | 
| Neck Disability Index | A questionnaire for subcjective assessment of the state of the spine. | 2. 7 to 10 days after the end of electrotherapy. | 
| Neck Disability Index | A questionnaire for subcjective assessment of the state of the spine. | 3. 3 months after the end of electrotherapy. | 
| Myotonometer | Measuring the tone of the vertebral muscles in the cervical. | 1. Before a series of electrotherapy treatments. | 
| Myotonometer | Measuring the tone of the vertebral muscles in the cervical. | 2. 7 to 10 days after the end of electrotherapy. | 
| Myotonometer | Measuring the tone of the vertebral muscles in the cervical. | 3. 3 months after the end of electrotherapy. | 
| Visual Analog Scale | A Visual Analog Scale used to assess the severity of symptoms. It enables the Patient to fine-tune the pain level on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 is no pain at all and 10 is the maximum imaginable. | 1. Before a series of electrotherapy treatments. | 
| Visual Analog Scale | A Visual Analog Scale used to assess the severity of symptoms. It enables the Patient to fine-tune the pain level on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 is no pain at all and 10 is the maximum imaginable. | 2. 7 to 10 days after the end of electrotherapy. | 
| Visual Analog Scale | A Visual Analog Scale used to assess the severity of symptoms. It enables the Patient to fine-tune the pain level on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 is no pain at all and 10 is the maximum imaginable. | 3. 3 months after the end of electrotherapy. | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Cervical spine, Pain syndrome, Electrotherapy, TENS, Träbert ultrastimulation