Clinical trial NCT06767839: The Effect of Electrotherapy on Young Individuals With Neck Pain
Official title: The Effect of Different Electrotherapy Interventions on Pain and Hand Function in Young Individuals With Neck Pain: a Randomized Controlled Double-blind Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Neck Pain
Keywords: neck pain
electrotherapy
TENS
HVPGS
Lead sponsor: Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Pamukkale University
First posted: 2025-01-10
Enrollment: 36
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 30
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: The sample of the study is Burdur Health Services Vocational School students with neck pain. Participants will be assigned to 3 intervention groups by stratified randomization. The strata are age and gender.
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The aim of this clinical study was to investigate the effects of different electrotherapy interventions on pain and hand function in young individuals with neck pain.

The main question that the study aimed to answer is: are two different electrotherapy interventions superior to each other for pain and hand function? Participants will be assigned to either transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, high-voltage pulsed galvanic stimulation, or placebo. Participants will receive a total of 20 sessions of electrotherapy intervention, 20 minutes per day, 3 days a week. Participants will be evaluated before the intervention, after 1 session, and 1 week after the completion of the 20-session intervention.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Being between 18-30 years old
* Complaining of neck pain
* Volunteering to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

* Having received any anti-inflammatory treatment in the last 3 months
* Having received any physical therapy and rehabilitation treatment in the last 3 months
* Doing regular exercise
* Not attending work sessions

Primary outcomes:
measure: Visual Analog Scale
timeFrame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 7 weeks
measure: Treshold Faradic Test
timeFrame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 7 weeks
measure: Patient-Specific Functional Scale
timeFrame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 7 weeks
measure: Core Outcome Meassure Index-Neck
timeFrame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 7 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Nine-Hole Peg Test
timeFrame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 7 weeks
measure: Gross Grip Strength
timeFrame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 7 weeks
measure: Pinch Grip Strength
timeFrame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 7 weeks
measure: Upper Extremity Strenght
timeFrame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 7 weeks
measure: Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test
timeFrame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 7 weeks
measure: Cervical Endurance Test
timeFrame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 7 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Burdur
country: Turkey
facility: Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
state: Center
Study officials:
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