The Use of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) for Chronic Pain of Predominantly Peripheral Neuropathic Origin
CompletedNot applicableNCT00716326
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of TENS in addition to routine care in patients with chronic pain of predominantly neuropathic origin, compared to treatment with routine care alone." Hypothesis: An eventually neuropathic pain component is needed to be identified and alleviated in chronic pain patients to improve the quality of rehabilitation. 0-hypothesis: * TENS is not better than than placebo, medication or standard rehabilitation program. * A neuropathic pain component does not demand special considerations in rehabilitation of chronic pain patients.
Study details
- Official title
- The Use of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) for Chronic Pain of Predominantly Peripheral Neuropathic Origin
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Device: Transcutaneous Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
- Device: Cefar Primo Pro TENS device
- Sponsor
- Norwegian Fund for Postgraduate Training in Physiotherapy
- Start date
- 2007-01
- Primary completion
- 2008-09
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 80 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Norway
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients with chronic pain of predominantly neuropathic origin Exclusion Criteria: * Pain less than 3 months * Surgery or lesion within 3 months * Central neuropathic pain * Fibromyalgia * Primary headaches * Primary psychiatric diagnosis * Patients with pacemaker * Formerly treated with TENS
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00716326