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Effects of Repetitive Electric Sensory Stimulation (RSS) as Intervention in Complex-regional-pain-syndrome Type I (CRPS)

NCT01915329 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2013-08-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test a specific nerve stimulation protocol as therapeutic option in patients diagnosed with CRPS (complex regional pain syndrome) of the upper extremity.

Conditions

  • Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I of the Upper Limb

Interventions

DEVICE

RSS (repetitive sensory stimulation)

RSS is a high frequency electrical stimulation protocol delivered to the peripheral nerves (median and ulnar nerve) of the hand. The signals are generated by a TENS-stimulator and are conveyed to each finger of the hand via a custom-made hand-shaped device with conductive contacts at each fingertip and at the palmar base. In case of the sham-stimulation no pulses are transmitted.

DEVICE

SHAM-RSS

The same device as in the RSS intervention is used, but no electrical stimuli are transmitted.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ruhr University of Bochum

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-02-29
Primary Completion
2014-02-28

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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