Telerehabilitation With Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Chronic Neck Pain:
CompletedNot applicableNCT06206343
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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)
Nonspecific chronic neck pain (NCNP) is defined as non-specific neck pain lasting more than three months. It is a very common disease that causes a great obstacle in the daily life activities of individuals in the society. Many conservative treatment methods are used in the treatment of this disease. Among these treatment methods, Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) is the most widely used modality due to its low cost and many advantages. There are 4 types of TENS: Conventional, Low frequency (Acupuncture), Short intensity, Combined or Burst TENS. Conventional TENS is generally used in the treatment of chronic pain. Tele-rehabilitation is defined as the delivery of rehabilitation services via online telecommunication technologies. Tele-rehabilitation overcomes many problems such as long distance, traffic, transportation difficulties, high cost, high demand in the public health system, etc. and its popularity is increasing with the developments in technology and telecommunications. The risks and difficulties of accessing physical treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic have demonstrated the necessity of Tele-rehabilitation. Therefore, Tele-rehabilitation is widely used in physiotherapy as well as in many other fields. Although TENS application is widely used in the treatment of nonspecific chronic neck pain in physiotherapy clinics, there are few studies on Tele-rehabilitation, there are no studies comparing their effectiveness compared to each other in this field. In our research, it is planned to investigate and compare the effectiveness of TENS, which is an easily applied electrotherapy method, and Tele-Rehabilitation, an online rehabilitation tool. In this study, the staff of Nezahat Keleşoğlu Faculty of Health Sciences and Seydişehir Vocational School of Health Services and patients with neck pain who come to the physiotherapy unit of Meram Medical Faculty Hospital will be included in the study. As a result of the power analysis, (48) patients are …
Study details
- Official title
- Comparison of the Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation With Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation on Pain and Functionality in Individuals With Chronic Neck Pain: Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Chronic Neck Pain
- Telerehabilitation
- Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
- Pain
- Interventions
- Other: TENS application, Tele-rehabilitation treatment program
- Sponsor
- Necmettin Erbakan University
- Start date
- 2024-04-07
- Primary completion
- 2024-06-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 55 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Being between 18-55 years old * People with non-specific neck pain, defined as pain not attributed to a cause * Neck pain that has persisted for at least three months and recurs more than 1 time, * Agreeing to participate in the study, * To be able to read and write Turkish * Have a computer, tablet or smartphone and an active internet connection, * Having at least 2 points of pain according to the Visual Analog Scale at rest, and having a score of 10 and above according to the Neck Disability Index, * Being able to use a computer, tablet and the internet at a level to participate in video conferencing or having a relative who can help in this regard (10,23,25,27) Exclusion Criteria: Spinal surgery history * Traumatic cervical injuries * Serious comorbidities (neurological, neuromuscular, cardiological, psychiatric) * Cervical region fractures * Tumoral conditions * Having vision and hearing problems * Cognitive influences * People with skin allergies * Scleroderma, vasculitis or neuropathic pathologies * People with pacemakers * Pregnant women (10,23,25)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06206343