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Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation and Interferential Currents in Chronic Low Back Pain

NCT01017913 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2009-11-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of the TENS and IFC in patients with non specific chronic low back pain.

Conditions

  • Chronic Low Back Pain

Interventions

OTHER

TENS

The TENS equipment was calibrated on 20 hertz frequency, and a pulse width of 330 ms (standing in control number seven) with two channels.

OTHER

Interferential currents

The IFC was adjusted to a base frequency of 4000 Hz, with a modulation frequency range of 20 Hz, ∆F of 10 Hz and slope of 1/1, in quadripolar mode.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centro Universitario de Maringa

    collaborator OTHER

  • Federal University of São Paulo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ligia M Facci · Unifesp/ Cesumar

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-03-31
Primary Completion
2006-12-31
Completion
2007-12-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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