Subthreshold Stimulation Versus Suprathreshold Stimulation in People With Chronic Low Neck Pain
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT06559358
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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)
this trial will involve three groups. Group 1 will receive subthreshold stimulation. Group 2 will receive suprathreshold stimulation. Group 3 will receive shame treatment.
Study details
- Official title
- Subthreshold Stimulation Versus Suprathreshold Stimulation in People With Chronic Low Neck Pain
- Conditions
- Pain
- Trigger Point Pain, Myofascial
- Interventions
- Device: electrical stimulation
- Sponsor
- Beni-Suef University
- Start date
- 2024-09-01
- Primary completion
- 2024-12-30
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 40 Years to 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: * Age from 40 to 65 years old participated in this study, 2 * Having neck pain for more than 6 months with a grade five or greater on the visual analog scale * Having one or more trigger points in the upper trapezius muscle, * A significant increase in neck muscle EMG activity indicates the presence of tender points. Exclusion Criteria: * Taking non-pharmacological therapies (e.g., acupuncture, physical therapy, osteopathy) * Taking oral or intravenous pain therapy, intramuscular or subcutaneous injection of cortisone, or local anesthetics during the study period, * Presence of any contraindication to electrical current including pregnancy, epilepsy, cardiac arrhythmia, cardiac surgery, implanted pacemaker or defibrillator, previous surgery in the spinal cord, infectious diseases of the spinal cord, malignant tumors with or without secondary blastomas in the spinal cord, severe radicular pain with acute paralysis in the extremities
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06559358