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TENS Therapy to Reduce Exercise-Induced Pain in Women With Fibromyalgia

NCT06834308 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 21

Last updated 2025-08-24

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the short-term (24-hour) effect of conventional transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) compared to Sham TENS on pain induced by resistance training in women with fibromyalgia. The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. Can conventional TENS effectively reduce pain intensity and unpleasantness during and after a resistance training session in women with fibromyalgia?
2. Is there a significant difference between the effects of conventional TENS and Sham TENS on exercise-induced pain in this population? Researchers will compare a conventional TENS group to a Sham TENS group to see if active TENS application during and after resistance training sessions leads to reduced pain levels and improved pain perception.

Participants will:

* Undergo a supervised resistance training session
* Receive either conventional TENS or ShamTENS treatment during and after exercise
* Complete pain assessments, measuring both intensity and unpleasantness, before, during, and up to 24 hours after exercise sessions

Conditions

  • Fibromyalgia

Interventions

DEVICE

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)

Conventional TENS (100 Hz, 60 ms pulse width) will be applied for 10 minutes prior to and during resistance exercise (2 sets of 10 reps at 60% 1RM leg press). TENS' intensity will be adjusted to produce strong paresthesia without pain. Electrodes will be placed on participant-identified most painful area. Resistance exercise will consist of two sets of ten repetition with 1 min rest

DEVICE

SHAM Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)

The participants will be able to see the same parameters as the conventional TENS (100 Hz, 60 ms pulse width) on the screen, but there will be no actual stimulation. Sham TENS will be applied for 10 minutes prior to and during resistance exercise (2 sets of 10 reps at 60% 1RM leg press). TENS' intensity will be adjusted to 4Hz for all participants in the Sham arm. Electrodes will be placed on participant-identified most painful area. Resistance exercise will consist of two sets of ten repetition with 1 min rest

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Université de Sherbrooke

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-02-18
Primary Completion
2025-07-09
Completion
2025-07-10

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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