Clinical trial NCT06158568: Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation and Exercise for Shoulder Pain
Official title: Effects of Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation and Exercise for Patients With Subacromial Pain Syndrome
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Shoulder Pain
Keywords: Neuromodulation
Percutaneous Nerve Stimulation
Exercise
Lead sponsor: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-12-06
Enrollment: 59
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 70
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Based on the available literature, application of percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation interventions targeting peripheral nerves (also called percutaneous neuromodulation) has shown positive effects for improving pain-related and functional outcomes in musculoskeletal chronic pain. Studies investigating the use of this intervention for the shoulder are lacking.

Detailed description: Based on the available literature, application of percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation interventions targeting peripheral nerves (also called percutaneous neuromodulation) has shown positive effects for improving pain-related and functional outcomes in musculoskeletal chronic pain. Studies investigating the use of this intervention for the shoulder are lacking.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Unilateral non-traumatic shoulder pain (positive painful arc during shoulder abduction and a positive Hawkins test on clinical examination)
* Shoulder pain from at least 3 months
* Shoulder pain of more than 3/10 points on a NPRS

Exclusion Criteria:

* Bilateral shoulder symptoms
* Younger than 18 or older than 65 years
* History of shoulder traumatisms, fractures or dislocation
* Diagnosis of cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy
* Previous interventions with steroid injections in the shoulder area
* Comorbid medical conditions, e.g., fibromyalgia syndrome
* Previous history of shoulder or neck surgery
* Any type of intervention for the neck-shoulder area during the previous year
* Fear to needles

Primary outcomes:
measure: Changes in disability between baseline and follow-up periods
timeFrame: Baseline, one week after the last intervention and 1 and 3 months after the intervention
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Changes in shoulder pain between baseline and follow-up periods
timeFrame: Baseline, one week after the last intervention and 1 and 3 months after the intervention
measure: Changes in sleep quality between baseline and follow-up periods
timeFrame: Baseline, one week after the last intervention and 1 and 3 months after the intervention
measure: Changes in anxiety/depressive symptoms between baseline and follow-up periods
timeFrame: Baseline, one week after the last intervention and 1 and 3 months after the intervention
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Madrid
country: Spain
facility: César Fernández-de-las-Peñas
state: Rest Of The World
Study officials:
affiliation: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
name: César Fernández-de-las-Peñas, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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