Focused transcutaneous electrical nerve simulation (TENS) to the caesarean wound for pain relief

Focused transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation to the caesarean wound for pain relief: a blinded randomised sham controlled trial

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN28379502

Enrollment

140

Registered

2025-12-18

Start date

2025-12-31

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-01-05

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Conditions

Post-caesarean section wound pain on movement Signs and Symptoms

Interventions

This study will employ a blinded randomized, sham-controlled counterbalanced crossover trial design with 4 hours wash out period. Randomization will be conducted using a computerized sequence generat

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Age

18 Years to 50 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Elective and emergency lower segment caesarean section (intervention will be initiated at least 6 hours after the caesarean section and no later than 24 hours post-caesarean section) 2. Transverse suprapubic incision 3. Spinal or combined spinal-epidural anaesthesia 4. Age = 18 years 5. Able to communicate in English or Malay 6. Competent to consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Contraindications to TENS (e.g., cardiac pacemaker, skin lesions at electrode sites). 2. Chronic pain conditions requiring ongoing analgesic therapy. 3. Postoperative epidural analgesia 4. Postoperative opioid patient controlled analgesia

Countries

Malaysia

Contacts

Public ContactChe Mas Fairoza Binti Che Harun

fairoza_cmf@gmail.com+60 17-3532965

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026