NCT02642796

Transcutaneous Nerve Stimulation for Post-operative Acute and Chronic Pain

Comparison of the Efficacy of Two Different Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Application Sites in Reducing Postoperative Pain After Hip Fracture Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mustafa Kemal University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 19 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Aim of the study to assess the efficacy of two modes of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) on relief of postoperative acute pain after hip fracture surgery.

Detailed description

The patients underwent undergo fractured hip surgery will be distributed into three groups with respect to the mode of postoperative analgesia applied: Group I (control): PCA only; group II: PCA plus lumbar plexus \& sciatic nerve TENS (LS-TENS); group III: PCA plus surgical wound TENS (SW-TENS). TENS will be applied every 2 hours for 30-40 minutes during 48 hours postoperatively. Visual analogue score (VAS), Ramsey sedation scores, frequencies of PCA demand and counts of PCA delivery, as well as total analgesic consumption will be noted and compared between groups at various time intervals. Visual analog scale (VAS) will be applied at 2 months postoperatively VAS and Mcgill pain questionnaire will be applied at the 6th and 24th months of the surgery to assess acute and chronic pain in the study population and the differences among groups.

Conditions

• Postoperative Pain
• Hip Fracture

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation	The TENS device will be applied for treatment periods of 30-40 minutes. The electrodes will be connected to the TENS device are stimulated in modulation mode and the parameters will be adjusted as pulse width of 60 μs,frequency of 120 Hz and the stimulation intensity as high as the subject could tolerate. Electrodes will be placed on either lumbar and sciatic nerve tracing unilaterally or on either side or parallel to the surgical wound.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-03-01
• Primary completion: 2021-09-01
• Completion: 2021-09-01
• First posted: 2015-12-30
• Last updated: 2021-09-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)