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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and/or Neurofunctional Electrical Acupuncture in Myofascial Chronic Pain Patients

NCT02381171 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2015-03-06

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Summary

To evaluate the hypothesis: the effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic (rTMS) stimulation and/or peripheral stimulation (neurofunctional electrical acupuncture) treatments are more effective in pain relief than placebo-sham in patients with myofascial chronic pain.

Conditions

  • Myofascial Pain Syndromes

Interventions

DEVICE

Active rTMS

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) 10Hz (1600 pulses)

DEVICE

Sham rTMS

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) with Placebo coil

DEVICE

Active Neuroacupuncture

Neurofunctional electrical acupuncture 1Hz, continuous, 10mA current for 20 minutes.

DEVICE

Sham Neuroacupuncture

Neurofunctional electrical acupuncture without needles

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

    collaborator OTHER

  • Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior.

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Wolnei Caumo, PhD · Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-02-29
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2016-12-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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