Using TENS to Relieve Pain and Potentiate the Rehabilitation of Pain Patients
WithdrawnNot applicableNCT02445677
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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)
Introduction: Chronic pain affects more than half of elderly individuals. Past studies have shown that pain can interfere with motor learning and rehabilitation. It was suggested that relieving pain before physical therapy sessions might be an interesting strategy to potentiate the rehabilitation of older patients suffering from pain. Objective: This study aims to determine if the analgesic effect induced by TENS can be used to maximize the rehabilitation of elderly patients suffering from chronic pain. More specifically, the objectives are to: 1) compare functional outcomes of patients from the Day Hospital receiving rehabilitation with either active TENS treatments or simulated TENS treatments, and 2) determine if there is an association between the analgesic effect of TENS and the clinical evolution of patients following their rehabilitation. Methods: In this RCT, patients will be assigned randomly to either the: 1) experimental group receiving active TENS treatments or 2) the control group receiving simulated TENS treatments. Thirty-six patients will be recruited according to the following criteria: 1) will receive physiotherapy rehabilitation at the Day Hospital of the CSSS-IUGS, 2) be at least 65 years of age, 3) suffering from chronic pain (pain lasting for more than 6 months), 4) presenting pain during the rehabilitation at the Day hospital. For security reasons, patients with a cardiac simulator will be excluded from the present study (TENS contraindications). Patients with cognitive alterations (score of \< 24/30 at the Folstein test) will also be excluded. Sociodemographic information will be retrieved from medical records by the research assistant at baseline (T1). Moreover, various questionnaires will be administered at T1, after half of the rehabilitation period (i.e. 4 to 6 weeks) (T2), and after the 8- to 12- week rehabilitation period (T3) to measure the qualitative aspects of pain, mood, and physical function. Functional outcomes will as well be co…
Study details
- Official title
- Using Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) to Relieve Pain and Potentiate the Rehabilitation of Pain Patients: a Double Blind, Randomized Study Among Patients at the CSSS-IUGS Day Hospital
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Device: Active transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)
- Device: Simulated transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)
- Sponsor
- Université de Sherbrooke
- Collaborators
- Fondation Vitae
- Start date
- 2015-09
- Primary completion
- 2016-06
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Total sites listed
- 0
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: 1. will receive physiotherapy rehabilitation at the Day Hospital of the Pavillon d'Youville of the CSSS-IUGS, 2. be at least 65 years of age, 3. suffering from chronic pain (pain lasting for more than 6 months), 4. presenting with pain during the rehabilitation session at the Day hospital Exclusion Criteria: 1. Having a cardiac simulator (TENS contraindications). 2. Having with cognitive alterations (score of \< 24/30 at the Folstein test)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02445677