NCT04455659

Impact of Adding TENS to Conventional Physical Therapy Exercise on Pain Relief Among Patients With Pudendal Neuralgia.

Impact of Adding Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation to Conventional Physical Therapy Exercise on Pain Relief Among Patients With Pudendal Neuralgia.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 52 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 30 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Fifty two male participants, 30-50 years old, suffering from chronic pudendal neuralgia were randomly assigned either into experimental group (26 patients) received TENS plus the traditional physical therapy program( including range of motion exercise, stretching exercise of obturator internus muscle, clam shell exercise, relaxation exercise and underwater exercise) 3 sessions per week for 8 successive weeks, or control group (26 patients) received only the traditional physical therapy exercise for the same period of time. Intensity of pain by Verbal rating scale (VRS) as well as Serum cortisol level (SCL)and Etodolac level intake are measured pre and post treatment.

Conditions

• Pudendal Neuralgia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Trans-cutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation	TENS that was applied once daily, three times per week for 8 weeks. Each treatment session was conducted for 20 minutes, two electrodes were positioned over the perineal area between anus and scrotum on the Centrum tendineum, while the other two electrodes were applied under the buttocks medially at the level of the ischial spines (medial to the ischial spines bilaterally) with the patient in comfortable supine hook-lying position with abducted hips. to prevent burn beneath the electrodes, the surface area of the electrode should be equal to or greater than 4 cm2 to minimize the heat production. In addition, to decrease the current density between electrodes, the inter-electrode distance was less than the cross sectional area of the electrode
PROCEDURE	Conventional physical therapy exercise	physical therapy program for 30 minutes, and 3 times per week for 8 weeks in the form of strengthening exercise, clam - shell exercise, and stretching exercise focusing on obturator internus muscle, range of motion exercise for the hip and pelvis musculature for 30 minute three times a week for consecutive 8 weeks , each type of exercise was performed for a duration of 6 seconds and repeated 10 times

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-01-20
• Primary completion: 2020-05-25
• Completion: 2020-05-25
• First posted: 2020-07-02
• Last updated: 2020-07-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt