Investigation of the Effectiveness of Tecar Therapy in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain
Not yet recruitingNot applicableNCT06953973
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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)
Study Design This study was planned as a randomized controlled, double-blind study. Chronic neck pain diagnosed by a specialist physician will be divided into 3 groups with a randomization model. Interested individuals will be included in the study if they meet the inclusion criteria and sign the 'Informed Voluntary Consent Form' after the study is explained. Patients will be divided into 3 groups with a randomization (secretary not in the study) model. Patients who choose 1 will be applied Tecar Therapy + Standard Physiotherapy Program (SFP), those who choose 2 will be applied Sham Tecar Therapy +SFP and those who choose 3 will be applied SFP. The first and last evaluations of all 3 groups will be made by the same blind evaluator. Randomization After the study is explained to the patients with chronic neck pain who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria, those who volunteer will be asked to sign the "Informed Voluntary Consent Form". Those who volunteer to participate in the study will be randomly assigned to Group 1, Group 2 or 3. Participants will be randomly assigned to a card. Those who draw number 1 will be assigned to the SFP+Tecar Therapy group, those who draw number 2 will be assigned to the Sham Tecar Therapy + SFP group, and those who draw number 3 will be assigned to the SFP only group. Visual Analog Scale (VAS) The pain intensity felt by the participants in the knee joint during rest and activity will be evaluated with VAS. VAS is an easy-to-use scale as it does not have any language and is frequently applied in clinics. Individuals will be asked to describe the pain they feel during the test on a 10 cm scale as "0" (no pain) and "10" (unbearable pain). A 34% decrease in VAS after TKA is considered clinically significant. Neck Disability Index Neck Disability Index (NDI) was developed by Vernon et al. The Turkish version study was conducted by Aslan et al. The NDI includes a total of 10 questions such as pain, personal care, concentration, work, driv…
Study details
- Official title
- Investigation of the Effectiveness of Tecar Therapy in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Tecar Therapy
- Other: Sham Tecar Therapy
- Other: Standard Physiotherapy Program
- Sponsor
- Kirsehir Ahi Evran Universitesi
- Start date
- 2025-06-02
- Primary completion
- 2025-11-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 55 Years
- 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 the ages of 18-55, * Having neck pain for 3 months or longer, * Being able to come to the hospital for a standart physiotherapy program Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have had a cervical spine injury or surgery * Patients with neck pain secondary to a neurological or vascular disorder or neoplasia * Patients with radiculopathy and neurological deficits * Patients with a history of inflammatory or infective arthritis in the cervical spine * Patients who have received a physical therapy program in the last 6 months * Patients with open wounds or risk of infection.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06953973