NCT06767839

The Effect of Electrotherapy on Young Individuals With Neck Pain

The Effect of Different Electrotherapy Interventions on Pain and Hand Function in Young Individuals With Neck Pain: a Randomized Controlled Double-blind Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this clinical study was to investigate the effects of different electrotherapy interventions on pain and hand function in young individuals with neck pain. The main question that the study aimed to answer is: are two different electrotherapy interventions superior to each other for pain and hand function? Participants will be assigned to either transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, high-voltage pulsed galvanic stimulation, or placebo. Participants will receive a total of 20 sessions of electrotherapy intervention, 20 minutes per day, 3 days a week. Participants will be evaluated before the intervention, after 1 session, and 1 week after the completion of the 20-session intervention.

Conditions

• Neck Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation	The current parameters for the TENS to be applied in the study were determined as 100 Hz, 100 microsecond pulse duration, and asymmetric biphasic waveform. The current intensity will be increased until the person feels a tingling sensation and will be applied for a total of 20 minutes. Two superficial electrodes will be placed to cover the application area to create an effect in deep tissue.
OTHER	High Voltage Pulsed Galvanic Stimulation	YVKGS is a monophasic waveform current with double peaks, short pulse duration and a voltage higher than 100 Volts, the frequency of which can be adjusted optionally. In the study, the current parameters of YVKGS were determined as a frequency of 100 Hz, continuous pulse, double peak monophasic waveform. The current intensity will be applied for 20 minutes at the voltage at which the person feels a tingling sensation. Two superficial electrodes will be placed to cover the application area to create an effect in deep tissue.
OTHER	Sham TENS	The current will be applied to the sham TENS group with the same parameters as the TENS group, and will be reduced and turned off after a while. In TENS application, people normally report that they no longer feel tingling after a few minutes of starting the application. Therefore, it will be explained to the sham TENS group that this situation is normal, and that they no longer feel tingling because they have become accustomed to the applied current.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-01-15
• Primary completion: 2025-12-21
• Completion: 2025-12-21
• First posted: 2025-01-10
• Last updated: 2026-03-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)