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Volunteers will take part in the study; Students of the university in the area of Rzeszow reporting chronic spinal ailments participation in remote learning. Applicant participants will be randomised into 3 groups of subjected to various electrotherapy procedures.
Study participants will be tested:
Before a series of electrotherapy treatments.
7 to 10 days after the end of electrotherapy.
3 months after the end of electrotherapy. The study will use
irradiation of the neck area with a sollux lamp with a blue filter
individual exercises conducted according to the prepared author's mobility improvement program
electrotherapy treatments:
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Conventional TENS group | Experimental | One of the four groups created during randomization will undergo a unified program of kinesiotherapy and electrotherapy (Conventional TENS method). |
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| Pseudo-acupuncture TENS group | Experimental | One of the four groups created during randomization will undergo a unified program of kinesiotherapy and electrotherapy (Pseudo-acupuncture TENS method). |
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| Trabert ultrastimulation group | Experimental | One of the four groups created during randomization will undergo a unified program of kinesiotherapy and electrotherapy (Trabert ultrastimulation method). |
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| Placebo group | Placebo Comparator | One of the four groups created during randomization will undergo a unified program of kinesiotherapy and placebo electrotherapy. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Kinesiotherapy combined with electrotherapy (Convenctional TENS method). | Other | One of the four groups created during randomization will undergo a unified program of kinesiotherapy and electrotherapy (Conventional TENS method). |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Neck Disability Index | A questionnaire for subcjective assessment of the state of the spine. | 1. Before a series of electrotherapy treatments. |
| Neck Disability Index | A questionnaire for subcjective assessment of the state of the spine. | 2. 7 to 10 days after the end of electrotherapy. |
| Neck Disability Index | A questionnaire for subcjective assessment of the state of the spine. | 3. 3 months after the end of electrotherapy. |
| Myotonometer | Measuring the tone of the vertebral muscles in the cervical. | 1. Before a series of electrotherapy treatments. |
| Myotonometer | Measuring the tone of the vertebral muscles in the cervical. | 2. 7 to 10 days after the end of electrotherapy. |
| Myotonometer | Measuring the tone of the vertebral muscles in the cervical. | 3. 3 months after the end of electrotherapy. |
| Visual Analog Scale | A Visual Analog Scale used to assess the severity of symptoms. It enables the Patient to fine-tune the pain level on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 is no pain at all and 10 is the maximum imaginable. | 1. Before a series of electrotherapy treatments. |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Jolanta Zwolińska, PhD | Contact | 505095199 | jolantazwolinska@op.pl | |
| Paulina Sałaga | Contact | 731275361 | paulina.salaga@gmail.com |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Lidia Perenc, docent prof | University of Rzeszow | Study Director |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Laboratorium Czynników Fizykalnych w Rehabilitacji w Przyrodniczo-Medycznym Centrum Badań Innowacyjnych Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego | Recruiting | Rzeszów | Podkarpackie Voivodeship | 35-310 Rzeszów | Poland |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25659245 | Background | Cohen SP. Epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of neck pain. Mayo Clin Proc. 2015 Feb;90(2):284-99. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2014.09.008. | |
| 31830313 | Result | Martimbianco ALC, Porfirio GJ, Pacheco RL, Torloni MR, Riera R. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for chronic neck pain. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2019 Dec 12;12(12):CD011927. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011927.pub2. |
| Label | URL |
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| Review of clinical trials assessing the effectiveness of exercise therapy and electrotherapy. | View source |
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The study will include healthy volunteers, students of the university in the area of Rzeszów with cervical spine pain syndrome caused by distance learning.
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Participants of all 4 groups will benefit from a unified kinesiotherapeutic program. Then, after the randomization, participants will undergo treatments, but they will not know what type of therapy they will undergo.
| Kinesiotherapy combined with electrotherapy (Pseudo-acupuncture TENS method). | Other | One of the four groups created during randomization will undergo a unified program of kinesiotherapy and electrotherapy (Pseudo-acupuncture TENS method). |
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| Kinesiotherapy combined with electrotherapy (Trabert ultrastimulation method) | Other | One of the four groups created during randomization will undergo a unified program of kinesiotherapy and electrotherapy (Trabert ultrastimulation method). |
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| Kinesiotherapy combined with placebo electrotherapy | Other | One of the four groups created during randomization will undergo a unified program of kinesiotherapy and placebo electrotherapy. |
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| Visual Analog Scale |
A Visual Analog Scale used to assess the severity of symptoms. It enables the Patient to fine-tune the pain level on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 is no pain at all and 10 is the maximum imaginable. |
| 2. 7 to 10 days after the end of electrotherapy. |
| Visual Analog Scale | A Visual Analog Scale used to assess the severity of symptoms. It enables the Patient to fine-tune the pain level on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 is no pain at all and 10 is the maximum imaginable. | 3. 3 months after the end of electrotherapy. |
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| 31987553 | Result | Martins-de-Sousa PH, Guimaraes Almeida MQ, da Silva Junior JM, Santos AS, Costa Araujo GG, de Oliveira Pires F, Fidelis-de-Paula-Gomes CA, Koga Ferreira VT, Dibai-Filho AV. Program of therapeutic exercises associated with electrotherapy in patients with chronic neck pain: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial. J Bodyw Mov Ther. 2020 Jan;24(1):25-30. doi: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2019.04.008. Epub 2019 Apr 25. |
| In the study included adults with chronic neck pain (lasting \> 12 weeks) that compared TENS alone or in combination with other treatments versus active or inactive treatments. The primary outcomes were pain, disability and adverse events. | View source |
| The objective of this study will be to evaluate the clinical effects of adding high- and low-frequency transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) in a program of specific therapeutic exercises for the treatment of patients with chronic neck pain. | View source |
| ID | Term |
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| D013001 | Somatoform Disorders |
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| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
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| D004599 | Electric Stimulation Therapy |
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| D013812 | Therapeutics |
| D026741 | Physical Therapy Modalities |
| D012046 | Rehabilitation |
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