Status:
COMPLETED
Pain Reducing Effect of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain or Lumbo-radiculalgia
Lead Sponsor:
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Collaborating Sponsors:
Ministry of Health, France
Conditions:
Chronic Low Back Pain
Chronic Lumbo-radiculalgia
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
Prior studies showed contradictory results about the best type of TENS in chronic pain pathology. Therefore we want to evaluate the efficacy assessment of TENS on patients with chronic low back pain ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Stable chronic low back pain or stable chronic lumbo-radiculalgia
- Patients with a pain score at least superior or equal to 4
- Patients followed in pain clinics
- Written informed consent
Exclusion
- Prior ambulatory TENS practice
- Lumbo-radiculalgia pathology surgery within 3 months before inclusion
- Acute low back pain or bilateral lumbo-radiculalgia
- Acute radiculalgia
- Surgery planned within 6 months
- Pacemaker
- Symptomatic low back pain
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
236 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00452010
Start Date
September 1 2006
End Date
September 1 2008
Last Update
July 4 2012
Active Locations (8)
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1
CHU d'Amiens
Amiens, France, 80000
2
CHU de Grenoble
Grenoble, France, 38000
3
CHU de Limoges
Limoges, France, 87000
4
Fondation Hôpital Saint Joseph - MARSEILLE
Marseille, France, 13000