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Transcutaneous Nerve Stimulation for Post-operative Acute and Chronic Pain

NCT02642796 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2021-09-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Aim of the study to assess the efficacy of two modes of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) on relief of postoperative acute pain after hip fracture surgery.

Conditions

  • Postoperative Pain
  • Hip Fracture

Interventions

DEVICE

transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation

The TENS device will be applied for treatment periods of 30-40 minutes. The electrodes will be connected to the TENS device are stimulated in modulation mode and the parameters will be adjusted as pulse width of 60 μs,frequency of 120 Hz and the stimulation intensity as high as the subject could tolerate. Electrodes will be placed on either lumbar and sciatic nerve tracing unilaterally or on either side or parallel to the surgical wound.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mustafa Kemal University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Menekse Oksar, M.D. · Mustafa Kemal University Medical School

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-03-31
Primary Completion
2021-09-01
Completion
2021-09-01

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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