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Transcranial Electrical Stimulation in Subacromial Pain Syndrome

NCT05951933 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 74

Last updated 2025-03-30

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to analyze whether a physiotherapy protocol based on strengthening exercises to the shoulder girdle muscles carried on during anodal transcranial electrical stimulation (a-TES) is more effective on the symptoms and functionality of subjects with subacromial pain syndrome than an isolated strengthening program.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Is the strengthening + a-TES protocol effective on functionality?
* Is the strengthening + a-TES protocol effective on quality of life?
* Is the strengthening + a-TES protocol effective on pain?
* Is the strengthening + a-TES protocol effective on muscle strength?
* Is the strengthening + a-TES protocol effective on active range of movement?
* Is the strengthening + a-TES protocol effective on proprioception?
* Is the strengthening + a-TES protocol effective on posture?
* Is the strengthening + a-TES protocol effective on glenohumeral and scapulothoracic kinematics?

Participants will perform an 8 weeks-3 days/week shoulder strengthening protocol for the rotator cuff and scapulothoracic muscles using elastic bands and dumbbells. The rotator cuff exercises will be performed while they receive a-TES using a neoprene helmet with the electrodes placed in the opposite hemisphere to the affected side. The scapulothoracic exercises will be performed without the transcranial stimulation.

The experimental group will receive real a-TES, and will be compared with a control group that will perform the same therapeutic exercises but with placebo a-TES to see the effectiveness of the a-TES on the outcomes cited above.

Conditions

  • Subacromial Pain Syndrome

Interventions

OTHER

Strenghtening + TES

Strenghtening of rotator cuff and scapulothoracic muscles protocol with the incorporation of anodal transcranial direct stimulation (real if experimental or sham if control)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Valencia

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-11-23
Primary Completion
2025-11-30
Completion
2026-03-31

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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